Get new pc and iTunes to populate music library from an external drive

Hey! any help on this would be appreciated.  My PC died.  Luckily my music was on an external drive.  I got a new PC.  I downloaded the latest iTunes.  I can't get iTunes to populate all the music from my hard disc.
I can get as far as preferences > advanced > change location.  But when I point it to the music folder on the external drive it does nothing - instead of magically populating all my music into iTunes.

jimmyfox wrote:
I've tried pointing it to a couple of different folders in preferences > change location.
That only tells iTunes where to put new items in the future.
Turingtest2 who posts in these forums, has written a few scripts for Windows.
Check out FindTracks scripts here
-> http://samsoft.org.uk/iTunes/scripts.asp
FindTracks
A script that attempts to locate missing tracks that have been misplaced within your library, either as a result of a third party program reorganising the media or as a result of attempting to move the library/media to a new location. Enter the location of the media folder the files should be in and the script will try to systematically fix every broken link.

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