Moving library to a new PC, Vista, and going mad....

hi everyne.... loosing my head here could do with some help. buy a new pc and i want to transfer my ipod library from the old one.....backed it up in an external hard drive, connected drive to new pc... all working fine. Follow apple hints, create desktop shortcut of itunes on new machine.. plug in ipod and paste over itunes folder via my computer.. open i tunes no music.. look in file / import and they are there and i can import them individually but not all 3000 on mass.. anyone help please..

It depends what you managed to recover.
If it was the mother board that failed, the hard drive should be OK. You can put the drive in a drive enclosure and use it as an external drive on the new PC.
Drive enclosures can be obtained from Amazon or a store that sell computer stuff.
But if you already saved you iTunes folder containing the library files and music files you do not need it.
Assuming you had a default iTunes installation on the old PC with the iTunes Music folder in the iTunes folder...
If you have your iTunes folder, first install iTunes on the new PC. Do not add any music at this stage.
Drag the iTunes folder out of your music folder to your desktop.
Copy the iTunes folder from the old drive or backup into the music folder on the new PC so it replaces the one you dragged out.
Adjust the permissions on the iTunes folder so your account has full control.
Vista file folder permissions help
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/2464a180-e5dc-45d1-a2b8-3c8a 2b571e9d1033.mspx
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/05/25/how-to-take-ownership-and-grant-permiss ions-in-windows-vista/
Assuming you had a default installation, with any luck you will have your iTunes back.

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