New computer won't open my itunes library!

I just got a new computer and my itunes library was stored on an external hard drive. I'm all up and running so i move my itunes library onto the new computer and download the latest version of itunes. When i click on itunes it opens up but all that's on there is my purchased music??? So i plug in my ipod and i get a message telling me that my ipod is "synced with another itunes library. Do you want to erase this ipod and sync with this itunes libary?" No i don't! I want my whole library. Any ideas??

Did you move only your music, or did you move the *iTunes Library.itl* and *iTunes Music Library.xml* files as well? These files are the files iTunes recognizes as your library. If you did move the library files, where did you put them? By default, iTunes looks for these files in c:\users\my documents\my music\itunes (I think that's the right path for Vista).
If you moved these files to another location, you can point iTunes to it by holding the shift key when starting iTunes. You will then be asked where your library is. Simply browse to the iTunes Library.itl file is and your library should open.

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