HT1449 How do I find out which file iTunes actually needs/uses?

I have recently transferred my iTunes libary to an external hard drive (Migration Assistant didn't work, so I dragged and dropped the whole iTunes folder from my other, Windows, external hard drive straight to the new external hard drive, and added the other file that does playlists etc by e-mailing the library file to myself, and 'importing playlist' on the new mac... I still don't have ratings, but that's not a biggie). This is to use as a central library for all users. Works ok, both users face it, all ok... However, the total size of my music library is some 40gb, according to my old laptop and itunes on the new Mac... but on the external hard drive, there is now some 139gb of data (the only other stuff is about 80 pictures, so not much in data terms). This isn't a pressing need as the new external drive is 2tb, backing up to a 2tb Time Capsule, so still plenty of storage left for my wife to add her photos and her music.
So how do I know what to delete? There's each album listed separately, and some old temp files (have deleted the latter), but I'm scared of deleting things I do actually need. I'm at work now, so can't give exact descriptions. Anyone have any clues?

Have read up a bit more, and I think I've found a solution... my wife's music is very much smaller than mine, and I'd like to preserve the ratings on my collection. She's not bothered.
So here's the plan: broadly following iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer, using external drive.
1. delete the iTunes folder previously placed on the new, Mac ext HD (what will be the joint library). No media hopefully now on this machine.
2. copy her iTunes folder from the old ext HD to the desktop of the new Mac. This was consolidated before copying to the ext HD. This will essentially become the backed-up 'previous content' to add back in later.
3. Delete her iTunes folder from the old ext HD to avoid confusion.
4. Copy my old laptop's iTunes folder to the old ext HD
5. Drag the itunes folder from the old ext HD to the new mac ext HD, both showing on the desktop (which should preserve rating etc, right?)
6. add back in the itunes folder on the desktop that I placed there earlier, using file> add to library in iTunes. (ratings not preserved)
Both users iTunes are already instructed to face the new ext HD for their library.
Will this work? Why is one set of ratings etc preserved but not the other?

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