ITunes - Mountain Lion Clean Install

Hi all,
Did a clean install of HD and installed Mountain Lion.
How do I transfer my iTunes from external hard drive to HD.
This is my iTunes folder. Would greatly appreciate any help.
Thanks guys!

Just drag the entire contents to the iTunes folder in your user's Home folder (~Music/iTunes). Then hold down the Option key, launch iTunes, and select that iTunes folder. Or you can leave it on the external hard drive, if you wish; again, launch iTunes with the Option key held down and select that location on the external drive.
Regards.

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