I suddenly lost all my access to my songs. I have them on an external drive. How do I get iTunes to recognize my external drive as my library source like it always has been?

I was using my iTunes Library and it is now gone. I have my songs stored on an external drive. I checked the connections and they seem OK. I can't get the iTunes screen to show the sync button nor find my library. Does anyone have a suggestion?

Was the media solely on the external library? If so, it is likely that iTunes was started at some point with the external drive unaccessible. Simply point iTunes to the correct library location. To do this, close iTunes. Hold <SHIFT> and launch iTunes. When prompted to find library or create a new one, select the find option and point iTunes to where the iTuneslibrary.itl file is at on your computer (or external drive).

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