Want to check if Iv'e got this right: PC External Drive PC Mac

Hi,
I'm going to attempt something and I just want to make sure I'm doing it right (I've searched the forums and this is what I've come up with).
I have an iPod formatted to a Windows XP computer and all my iTunes on that computer.
STEP 1:
I want to move my entire iTunes library off the C drive and onto an external hard drive (I'm out of space on my computer and will erase the library from the C drive once the transfer is done, leaving the library only in the external drive).
I assume this is what I need to do?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301748
I've read in the forums that sometimes there are problems with the iPod recognizing/synching to the new drive -- but I'm assuming if I follow the procedures in that tutorial then any problems I have can be fixed (i.e., By transferring in that way I'm NOT doing any permenant damage to my library, filelists, labels, etc.) -- correct?
I just want to check this before I do Step 1.
STEP 2
About 6 months from now I expect to get a new computer, and I expect it to be a Mac. I would want to transfer all my music to the Mac and discard my current PC. There's lots of stuff on the board about doing this. E.g.,
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93367
My one question now -- which is probably a silly one -- is this: Is the fact that all my music will need to be transferred from my PC's external hard drive (as opposed to the internal C drive) cause any significant additional problems? I think the answer is no but I just want to make sure.
Any clarification you can give on this would be appreciated. Thanks.
iPod Windows XP Pro

Thanks. I've got one related one.
Let's say I copy everything to my external hard drive but -- for the time being -- still leave the original on my c drive. Is there a way to test that the iTunes is working off of the external drive?
In other words, before erasing the songs on the C drive, can I do this and check to see that iTunes works with the external, the iPod interfaces with the external, etc. And then when I'm sure, erase the stuff on the C drive?
If so, how do I go about verifying this?
By the way, all of these songs are in mp3 format.
thanks,

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