Import multiple songs

hi,
i just got a new computer and i have all of my music on an external hard drive. i was wondering if there was a way to select all the songs in a file to import instead of one by one which will take forever. one by one is all i could figure out. please help!!
thanks,
~jhanek

If the songs are all in one folder you can use the Add Folder to Library option and that will add the whole contents of the folder: iTunes for Windows- Importing music and video already on your computer
If iTunes for Windows works like iTunes for Mac (which I guess for the most part it does), you can also hold down the shift key and highlight multiple song files in Window Explorer then drag and drop the selection to the iTunes source list to add them.

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