MY LIBRARY BACK-UP...MY WAY

I know Apple wants me to build a library their way, with artist first names first...I don't! I want it MY way, and that is fine until you need to reestablish that library.
I now wish (need) to put my music (separate drive) and my library on a new Mac. Does anyone know a simple way to do this without using the "let iTunes scramble it our way" check box?
I just need to move it to another Mac and keep the library order the way I wish; like artist last names first - comma - first name. Seems iTunes could use a compiler, but until they delight us with one, I need this workaround.
I added the new library sort on my old iPod and it synced and wrote what it needed--no fuss, why can't a library "sync compile" the same way on a Mac?
Anybody out there make this easy for me or do I need to work the weekend with this? PLEASE?

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Yarule wrote:
My original hard drive I now use as a data drive. I copied evrything that was in my user folder to an external harddrive,
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