I need to remove all duplicate songs in my library then back it up to an ext harddrive,so i can restore my laptop then reinstall itunes any ideas?

my laptop is a toshiba satellite with windows vista and a toshiba backup ext harddrive

Use Shift > View > Show Exact Duplicate Items to display duplicates as this is normally a more useful selection. You need to manually select all but one of each group to remove. Sorting the list by Date Added may make it easier to select the appropriate tracks, however this works best when performed immediately after the dupes have been created.  If you have multiple entries in iTunes connected to the same file on the hard drive then don't send to the recycle bin. Use my DeDuper script if you're not sure, don't want to do it by hand, or want to preserve ratings, play counts and playlist membership. See this thread for background and please take note of the warning to backup your library before deduping. You can refresh the backup after you've checked that the deduping process hasn't been over enthusiastic.
(If you don't see the menu bar press ALT to show it temporarily or CTRL+B to keep it displayed)
Once you have your library backed up to the external drive you can press and hold down shift as you start iTunes, then connect to the copy on the external to check everything works properly before restoring the laptop. Deauthorize the computer before the restore. After the rebuild, restore your library (again I'd recommend using SyncToy for this) before installing iTunes.
tt2

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