MP3's on external drive-how to link to itunes

Hi
I have all my mp3 files on my external hard drive. How do I view them in itunes, so I can then sync them with my ipod. They used to be on my Mac, but re-installed the hard drive so lost the library files

Use the Add to Library command (under the File menu). If you don't have the preference for the location of the iTunes Music folder set to the external and don't want the tracks moved to the internal drive, make sure that the option to "copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library" is not set in the iTunes -> Advanced preferences.
Regards.

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