Music on ext HD not appearing in iTunes

Hello, just a wee quick question. Under preferences in iTunes, I have set my iTunes library as my external harddrive music folder, but I cannot get any of the music to appear in iTunes, why so?
Must I copy all the music onto my MBP? I can't for the life of me remember how I did this before. Please help
Mark

Setting the 'iTunes Music folder location' in Preferences>Advanced>General does not tell itunes where the music is located.
It just sets the location for new imported CDs.
And it tells iTunes where to store added music if 'Copy to iTunes music folder when adding to library' is checked.
You have to add the music to the Library.
If you previously had the external drive connected to another computer, copy the 'iTunes Library' file from your previous computer to the MBP.
This file contains the song locations.
More info:
What are the iTunes library files?
iTunes: Moving your iTunes Music folder
Hope this helps.
M
17' iMac fp 800 MHz 768 MB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.6) Several ext. HD (backup and data)

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