Want to use copy of music folder as original for itunes library

Had my iTunes music folder located on an external hd 1 that recently failed. Had recently made a copy of that music folder on a separate external hd 2. My question is can i plug in my external hd 2 with that music folder copy, open iTunes, and when it asks for the location of the music folder can i just point it to the external hd 2 music folder and have the iTunes library use that location instead? Will it keep all my same playlists, album covers, library ect. all the way it was before but just grab the music from a different location? Want to know before i try it and mess up the library I've got going on. I've done a lot of work installing album covers I couldn't find and lots of ratings that I don't want to loose. Thanks for any help in this situation.

don't want to ruin any future options if i don't have to.
Then the first thing you should do is to backup your iTunes folder (i.e. all the components except the iTunes Music folder, which you should also back up at some point in case history repeats itself).
The worst thing that could happen is that the links between the iTunes Library file and the copied music folder are broken so you would see ! against all your tracks. If that happens you could try pointing towards the copied music folder using the iTunes Preferences. Hopefully that won't happen - if the file path names that are in the iTunes Library file are actually there in reality (even though the physical drive is actually different), then iTunes may not even 'know' that anything has changed.
The fact is, your Library still exists and was not corrupted by the crash. Your music still exists as you had a backup copy. It's just a matter of marrying the two together. If what I suggested doesn't work there are other things we could try.

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