Ipod with Western Digital 160 gb External Drive

What do I need to do with the Itunes configuration to use the Western Digital External Drive. I have so much music that I want to use the external drive to store all of my music files. The Music Files on my lap top were taking up to much space on my Laptop....I have copied all of my music files onto the External Drive......I am not sure aht to do next.....
ANY IDEAS OUT THERE
Bernard
Dallas, Texas

To move your iTunes music...
Quit iTunes.
Move the entire iTunes folder including music to the external drive.
Click on the iTunes icon to start it, then immediately press an hold the Shift key in Windows, Option key in Mac.
iTunes will ask to Create new library or Choose existing library. Select Choose existing library and select the library in the folder you just moved.
Move the old iTunes folder to the trash but do not empty it.
Restart iTunes normally and verify the songs work. If they do, empty the trash.

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