Rescued iTunes library on external HD.  Loaner comp has inadequate HD space to transfer back in.  Can I use my library from the external drive?  How?

My 5 year old Windows Desktop died but I rescued my iTunes library from the internal to an external drive.  The loaner computer I have now is adequate to run iTunes but has a puny internal HD and I cannot transfer my library on to it.  I've researched and tried many times solutions to use the external HD as my library location but cannot get it to work.  Can anyone help or point me to a step by step guide?
Again the internal HD of the computer is too small to transfer over the library - even temporarily.

There is no reason to move the media to the computers harddrive.  Simply point iTunes to the location of the media.
Edit > Preferences > Advanced and tell iTunes where the media is located.

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