How do I get my old itunes data and library into my new computer

I recently bought a new laptop (10.7.5) and had to leave town quickly. I dumped my Itunes folder from my old machine onto an external hard drive and now I don't know how to get that all into and onto the new laptop. I think I would like to keep the whole 80GB of data on my 500gb harddrive. Should I copy manually? I am hoping that all my song info and playlists etc. can come too> HELP!
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I recently bought a new laptop (10.7.5) and had to leave town quickly. I dumped my Itunes folder from my old machine onto an external hard drive and now I don't know how to get that all into and onto the new laptop. I think I would like to keep the whole 80GB of data on my 500gb harddrive. Should I copy manually? I am hoping that all my song info and playlists etc. can come too> HELP!
kt
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Copy the entire /iTunes/ folder on the external drive to /Music/ on your computer then launch iTunes. That is all you need to do.
I recently bought a new laptop (10.7.5)
You mean new to you. Anything releaased in the last 1.5 years would have 10.8.

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