Transfered iTunes Library to external HD - iTunes doesn't recognise it.

I'm not very Mac-literate so apologies in advance.
I followed the instructions to transfer my iTunes library to my Lacie HD. I changed the path in iTunes>Preferences>Advanced to a new folder snappily called "iTunes Library" on the Lacie. I then consolidated the library and after checking the path of some of the songs on iTunes I deleted the original off my internal drive.
After restarting iTunes I got the option to "Choose library" which I did but then a message box appeared saying "An iTunes library file cannot be found in the folder "iTunes Library". Please choose a different folder."
The library folder and files is on the Lacie so I don't understand why it doesn't recognize it. Does anybody have any ideas for me? I'd be happy to put it all back on my internal drive it saves me from losing stuff.

ok when i go to prefs----Advanced--General-- it states the location for import is F:/Backed up Music [which is a folder on the external HD that has the rest of my music on it]
For some reason the folder[or itunes] on the HD is not creating new folders for artists and albums imported.
does this help anyone troubleshoot the issue?

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