I have my iTunes library between an external hard drive and my PC.  How do I get all of it onto the PC?  When I consolidate it leaves the songs on the external drive.

My iTunes library is split between an external hard drive and my PC.  How do I get all the songs onto my PC?  When I consolidate, it brings the names of the songs to the PC but they are empty files.

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    Hello Sudhanshu Mishra,
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