Syncing to Two Computers

I have been "testing" Leopard on an external hard drive - to eventually place in my MacBook Pro.
But my purchased TV shows from iTunes are on the existing drive. Every time I boot from the new Leopard drive and go to iTunes, iTunes wipes out and syncs my Apple TV to what it believes is real - eliminating many purchased TV shows.
How can I move my Library to the new Leopard drive? Or,is there another strategy for accomplishing this?

look here at the last 2 entries under 'how to':
http://www.apple.com/uk/support/itunes/
AC

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