How do I get iTunes to recognize my external, wireless-networked hard drive (Western Digital) during installation and set-up of iTunes?

Hello,
I'm re-installing iTunes for Windows 7 (64-bit) due to a bug that occured with the iOS7 update. The Genius Bar recommended that I uninstall and re-install iTunes from scratch. All of my music is located on a WD external hard drive that's connected wirelessly to my PC. I didn't have this problem until the iOS update for iphone 5, v.7.0.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

I didn't relate this; now iTunes will not install on my PC when pointed to my external, wireless-networked hard drive. It appears that it doesn't recognize it.

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