Restoring songs Play Count

I need to move my songs from one hard drive to another. How do I go about backing up and restoring my play count?

If, right now, everything in your library is all contained in the iTunes folder on one drive, you can simply copy that entire folder from one drive over to the other drive. If the music folder structure is outside of the iTunes folder, then copy both over to the other drive.
Now open iTunes with these instructions...
How to open an alternate iTunes Library file or create a new one
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1589
and choose to open a different library and point it to the database file over on the second drive (where you just moved it). This should open the library on the second drive as well as accessing the files from that location. To check, select a track and do a Get Info on the track. In the first general tab of the pop up window it will show you the file path. Is it pointing to the new second drive (if so you are all set) or is it still pointing back to the original drive?
Patrick

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