HT4527 used instructions to transfer pc windows 7 to pc windows 8 with external drive, files moved to proper directory but songs did not show up on new computer.

I solved this problem as follows. The instrunctions should tell you to delete the itunes folder that is created on your new computer when you install itunes for the first time, then copy the itunes folder from your previous computer. It looked okay when I did not do this the first time, but did not work, so I deleted the entire itunes folder on my new pc, then recopied from my external hardrive copy that I made from my old pc. Everthing came over: playlists, ratings, all "database" info.

Here are typical layouts for the iTunes folders:
With iTunes 11 you might also have a Home Videos folder inside iTunes Media.
In the simplest cases you copy the entire iTunes folder from <User's Music> on the source computer to <User's Music> on the target machine, install iTunes, and it "just works"TM.
If the media folder (inside the red outline) has been split out to a separate location then you can copy the library folder (outside the red outline) as before and connect the drive holding the media so that it has exactly the same path as before. If the drive appears as D: on one system and E: on the other then the library won't be able to find the media.
The crucial file is iTunes Library.itl - this contains a record of the tracks that have been added to the library, ratings, play counts, playlists etc.
See also: Make a split library portable.
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