ITunes music on external drive how to get iTunes to see them

Hi
I am using iTunes 9 and I have had to archive and install, but the problem now is that iTunes on my hard drive can't see the tunes on an external drive.
Ta

Open iTunes with the Option key held down, click on Choose Library, and point it there, or drag the songs or a folder containing them into the open iTunes window.
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