Exported my library to an external drive (new with nothing else on it) Trying to import to iTunes on another computer (Dell) with out success.  Help Please

Need help importing my library from and external drive

After admittedly only a quick read the one thing you don't say is how you are trying to make this move.  Most people with moving library issues do it the wrong way.  Plenty of web sites tell you how to do it the wrong way.
If the iTunes application is started before the drive with the library is fully mounted and awake iTunes will revert back to the internal drive.

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