Unable to sync my ipod-library moved to external harddrive

Please Help
I have moved my library to an external harddrive, and had no problems for quite a while, but now i cannot sync my pod.
It is saying that the original file cannot be found. I have made sure that itunes is looking in the right place, and can make it find them manually (when it asks if I wish to locate it, I can go straight to the correct file), but with over 2500 tunes, this is going to take forever. Any one have any thoughts on how this can be rectified?
I have tried consolidating the library as suggested elsewhere in this forum, but to no avail. HELP!

You get exclamation marks or dead tracks because iTunes can’t find the file. This can happen for a number of reasons:
The song file or a folder in its path was renamed
The song file or the folder it is in has been moved
The song file has been deleted
The device containing the song files e.g. external drive is not accessible.
The most likely thing is that the external drive letter has changed, but that is just a guess. If it has, can you change it back?
If that's not it can you confirm your configuration.
Is you iTunes folder containing the library files located on your c: drive with just the music on the external drive.
If you go to Edit>>Preferences>>advanced, what is the setting for your iTunes Music folder?
What letter is allocated to your external drive and what is the name of the folder containing the music.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1493

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