The days of popping things into the root folder are gone I fear. While Apple documents how to backup, copy, move iTunes (which I defer to Apple) you wanted to place such in a top level folder on C: Ouch, there are reasons that had to go away. I'm not saying it's impossible but it's outdated.
The Apple articles are pretty clear so not withstanding the folder location problem all the Apple articles seem to be clear about the steps. I'll skip duplicating that here in case Apple updates their articles.
Bob
Windows 8, Itunes 12
I have all of my music in a folder called E:/Music, on a desktop. My itunes Library is in the Documents and Settings/Music/itunes foder as it normally is by default.
I just got a new laptop and am trying to find a way to do the following:
1) Copy my music onto my laptop into the main HD folder, so it would be C:\Music
2) preserve my itunes Library on the laptop so it preserves my playlists, play counts, etc.
I have tried several methods I have found on the internet but they either don't recognize the new location or clear out the library entirely.
Does anyone know if there is definitively a way to do this?
Thank you in Advance!

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