Itunes Library will not copy to hard drive

I can not Back up my iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive. The library is 300gb. It starts to copy very well and gets to 27.79 Gb and stops with an error message saying "Itunes already exists in this location." Which it does because that is the name of the file that I am moving and the computer itself has created a file called that to move the data into.
Any ideas?

P.S. An addition to the last post. Yes, my kids were in tears before it was finally loaded. If the cleaning does not work, call the tech support in the back of the Star Wars info booklet. There happened to be a smudge of glue of something from the factory on ours, that once removed, the Cd was fine. But we did not notice it until everything was about to be thrown out the window out of frustration.

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This is a brand new iMac Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GHz running with all updates on OS 10.4.11. The DVD is Mac compatible and new out of the box.
I am logged in as admin. I've restarted and same thing. Checked software requirements--I'm good.
Could this be a hardware or software issue? A bad disk?
My kids are standing by. Help!

P.S. An addition to the last post. Yes, my kids were in tears before it was finally loaded. If the cleaning does not work, call the tech support in the back of the Star Wars info booklet. There happened to be a smudge of glue of something from the factory on ours, that once removed, the Cd was fine. But we did not notice it until everything was about to be thrown out the window out of frustration.

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any help or advice is welcome.

You're Welcome...
This Link explains the correct way of putting iTunes onto an External Drive...
If you have have not done it this way that could explain a lot...
Backup iTunes to an External Drive
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751

My iTunes library is on an external hard drive; how do I set it so other users (accounts) on my imac, will also have the same library, with the same playlists

my iTunes library is on an external hard drive; how do I set it so other users (accounts) on my imac, will also have the same library, with the same playlists

Quit iTunes.
Sign into another user account.
Hold Option, launch iTunes.
Select Choose library... and select the iTunes folder on the external.
Do this for all users.
NOTE: You must quit iTunes when switching users as the library can only be opened by one user at a time.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH1453

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On your iPad tap Settings > Store
Switch Books off then back on then reset your iPad.
Hold the On/Off Sleep/Wake button and the Home button down at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.

I redirected iTunes to an external drive and moved my iTunes library and folder, but my hard drive is still low on space. How can I be sure that my music is all on the external HD ONLY, especially with the new iCloud technology?

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If this is to a new computer and you put the copied iTunes folder in the default location of Macintosh HD > Users > *User Name* > Music then you don't even need to start with the option key held down, iTunes will automatically look for it there. (Make sure there isn't anything already in the iTunes folder there that you want to keep since you will be replacing it with the one you are moving.)
iTunes: How to move [or copy] your music [library] to a new computer [or another drive] - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527 - a somewhat bewildering and not always easily understandable set of options.

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Hello,
This is very frustrating that hundreds of people view these questions and only a few people answer. The issue here is that my itunes Library will not open. I'd sure like to know what is causing this and if it's gone forever.
WinXP. Pro.
I have many Mp3 music files under the same playlist names as in my ipod, i:e: Country,Jazz,Blues,Classic Rock, Alternative,vocal,light sounds,etc. When I drag new mp3 music files into my ipod library,then sync to my ipod, Itunes makes a backup of itune music files in their folder..I think. Anyway, those mp3 muic files are still on the Hard drive,but I can not open up my itunes Library. is it Gone????
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did you make a backup of your library before replacing the HD ?
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Per Winnits I also ended up deleting them and downloading them to resolve the issue.
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