Question about trying to import my itunes library

Question

ok so like i had a problom with my computer and had to toattly unistall and reinstall itunes, after this nothing was in my itunes library, however i backed up all my music and the itunes libary file on my external hard drive, now when i try to import the itunes library file it says the file cannot be imported because it is not appear to be a valid exported file
so i guess i never exported the file like i should have
like is thier anyway i can use my old itunes library file anyway to get all my playlists and play counts back into my library or could i some how do this with my ipod with all the playlists and playcounts on it
anyhelp would be great

Answer 1

willstarsk8er182 wrote:
ok so like i had a problom with my computer and had to toattly unistall and reinstall itunes, after this nothing was in my itunes library, however i backed up all my music and the itunes libary file on my external hard drive, now when i try to import the itunes library file it says the file cannot be imported because it is not appear to be a valid exported file
so i guess i never exported the file like i should have
like is thier anyway i can use my old itunes library file anyway to get all my playlists and play counts back into my library or could i some how do this with my ipod with all the playlists and playcounts on it
anyhelp would be great
Sounds like a total bummer, dude. If you're trying to import the iTunes Library.itl file, you can't do that the way you're trying to. Try this out and see if this helps you out:
1) Hold Shift when you open iTunes.
2) You should be prompted to choose iTunes library. Click "Choose iTunes Library..."
3) Navigate to where your .itl file is stored on your external hard drive.
This should populate your library info in iTunes. Let me know how it works out for you!