After iTunes Transfer To External Hard Drive It Shows Less In External Hard Drive

Hello,
I transffered my iTunes library to a new My Passport Portable 2 TB external hard drive. My iTunes Library is 349.94 GB and on External Hard Drive it shows 204.81 GB after transfer.
Why does it not match up, does it automatically delete duplicates. I want to make sure I have my complete library before deleting it from my computer, thanks .
Couldn't find another category for some reason, hope this will be ok.
Best regards

What are the iTunes library files? - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1660
More on iTunes library files and what they do - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes#Media_management
What are all those iTunes files? - http://www.macworld.com/article/139974/2009/04/itunes_files.html
Where are my iTunes files located? - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1391
iTunes 9 [and later]: Understanding iTunes Media Organization - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3847

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