ITunes Migration in Yosemite 10.10.2

I'm a first time user of the OS operating system (using it in the 90s in high school no longer counts), I've followed every step of iTunes library migration methodically that the forum has provided, and I'm stuck. I'm at my wits end.
I bought a fresh external hard drive that, according to the manufacturer, was set up already to write from both PC and Mas as soon as i plugged it in.
I checked to make sure my PC had the latest iTunes, organized my library, and copied the contents in their entirety over to the hard drive.
I plugged the hard drive into my Mac, moved the library into the Mac 'Music' folder as outlined, and nada. I even made sure the three files of the latest library back up were moved into the "Automatically Add to iTunes" folder. My Mac's iTunes won't recognize anything in that folder and I've even tried restarting the machine. Still nothing. All I can see are purchases sitting in the cloud.
Is there something I'm missing? Is it a glitch? Help!

Well, I bit the bullet, whiped the drive and did a clean install off a USB Drive -- unfortuately, the Setup Assistant does not see the FW drive and I had no other choice but to skip ahead and establish a temp account -- the install appears fine, did upgrades for Safari and iTunes and the FW drives are visible on the desktop.
However, Migration Assistant, as well as Setup Assistant, fail to recognize the FW drives as well. Kinda prblematic as it stands -- ideas?

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I just bought my MacBook Pro and could not be happier! I have a problem with iTunes that seems like it should be very easy to resolve...
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<key>Location</key><string>file://localhost/E:/User/My%20Music/iTunes%20Music/Ryan%20Shupe%20&%20the%20Rubb erband/Dream%20Big/Ryan%20Shupe%20&%20The%20Rubberband%20-%20Dream%20Big%20-%200 6%20-%20Ambush%20%5BInstrumental%5D.mp3</string>
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10. After the file transfer is completed, eject the Macintosh HD of your 24 inch iMac from the 20
inch iMac and power down the 24 inch iMac.
11. You can safely disconnect the firewire cable to both iMacs.
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New to the apple world. I migrated the itunes Music Folder from my wife's macbook to mine - using Migration assistant - do I need to aim iTunes at the folder to import - or is iTunes way more clever than I , and just do this for me.
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