How can i get my itunes to recognize itunes on an external drive

My itunes for some reason doesn't recognize my external drive
It has done so for years and NOW it doesn't ... I need help.
Greg

As far as i know, itunes stores the artwork information in the same file as the music itself.
So if you configured iTunes correctly to use the library on your external disc, that should work.

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