How do I download i-tunes directly to my 1Tb external hard drive?

Our external hard drive unit just died, taking my and my wife's i-tunes libraries with it.
When we bought the Mac desktop and the external HD unit from the Apple store, the staff transferred our i-tunes libraries from our
old pc to the external HD unit as we wished to keep the Mac HD clear of all the I-tunes data (I have over 1500 CDs and was slowly
adding these to my library, so it was quite a loss but mostly of time as I still have the CDs to copy again to my new library.) The staff
created separate libraries for my wife and I overnight so it was all done when we collected the machines from the shop, and I'd like to
re-create the separate libraries on the new i-tunes which we'll download from the Apple site. As there are no saved music tracks to be
moved, hopefully, the transfer won't take too long?
It seems we'll firstly have to download i-tunes to the desktop Mac and then transfer it across to the new HD unit, but I'd appreciate
some fool-proof straight forward instructions from anyone who can help - it is me we're talking about...... . The new HD unit has been
formatted for Mac OS but that's all I've done so far.
Also, I have 2 ipods, my wife has one, and I was wondering if they'd still synch with the new libraries on the new HD unit, or would we
suffer the regular 'wipe-out' situation one reads about?  
Cheers for any help.

If the external hard drive is the source, then "download" is a confusing term. To "download", refers to the action of transfering by internet protocol from the internet to a device.
To "copy" those files, it is simply a matter of plugging in the external hard drive via the USB cable provided with that drive to a corresponding port on your Air. The drive should automatically mount, and either be visible by an icon on your desktop, or in a Finder window.
You simply click on the icon, or do similarly within a finder widow to examine the contents of the drive. You would open an additional Finder window and naviagte to your desired flder destination.
Then, simply "drag and drop" the files you wish to copy from the source (the external hard drive), to the destination fold on your Air.

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