Thankfully: Moving from Windows PC to Mac Book Pro - iTunes Help!

I recently got a MBP from work and I have previously had a Thinkpad that I was running iTunes (had all my music running from an External HD). I need to link my External HD up with iTunes on my new MBP, can you help me get this going. I have tried to "choose an iTunes Library" and tried to select the ITL file, but it is saying that it is locked for some reason.d

Use the instructions in this article to move the music to the MacBook Pro.
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