Switching iTunes folder and all music folders to new drive

My C Drive is getting bogged down. I would like to switch both the iTunes application including full library, and all my music folders from my C drive over to a new internal hard drive ("F").
So, 1. How do I move everything over to the new "F" drive?
And, 2. How will iTunes know that now all the songs are there? I mean, doesn't it look for their path as in the C drive? Will the path on all songs automatically change to list "F" instead of "C"? Do I have to manually change each song's path?
I'm not a computer wiz, but can follow simple directions!
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.

Chris -
OK. I get it. That iTunes folder stays on C. I just have to get over it, right?
So, should I eliminate that same iTunes folder from my F drive? Obviously, the libraries should stay on F (or it that not obvious?).
So, now let me pick your brain on my second question....
My understanding is that all of my music is stored in folders ("My Music" for example). They are located both on my F drive (my songs) and the C drive (my kids' songs). I want all music folders on my F drive - both mine and my kids'.
I've moved individual songs from C to F, and when iTunes goes to play them, it'll say - "Hey, I can't find this song anymore", and I'll have to click Browse and click on the new location (in F) so that it sees the song is there.
So, if I move the entire folder of kids songs to my F drive, will the individual song location paths change from C to F? Or will iTunes totally freak out, trying to locate everyone one of their zillions of songs?
Thanks in advance.
- tracy

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