Problem importing large library

hey all
im running 9.02 on a macbook pro (one of the 13 inch alum ones, so its about a year old). i've never really got the nerve to import the music from my external hardware to my itunes until recently as i just got a new ipod. when i import the entire library (it's massive, about 170gigs), i get nothing but probelems. it begins running slow, and when the external is hooked up to the computer, itunes simply crashes and i'm forced to "force quit". all of these files are standard m4a's or mp3's and have worked independently on my old computer or to a lesser extent on my new computer, but when i try to put them ALL into my library, it doesnt seem to want to work... any ideas?

Pecoradj wrote:
sorry, i didn't really describe the problem too articulately; the songs are all on the hard drive except for a few. it's like if the hard drive is plugged in, the tunes wont play and itunes will freeze, but if it's not plugged in, itunes wont freeze and i'll be able to play songs (only the few songs i have on my internal drive)...
Is your drive bus-powered?
When you try to move them to your mabook pro, what method are you using?

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