Using External HD and iTunes10.iTunes won't recognize old library on ExtHD

All my music is stored on my Lacie Rugged External Drive. In the past when upgrading iTunes, I was always able to just change the location of my media folder (iTunes prefs>Advanced>etc.). However, iTunes 10 doesn't seem to want to read the old library. Any ideas? I was hoping to avoid transferring all the songs on to my new MacBook Pro.

I have a similar problem. Bought an external drive to store music and pictures, followed the instructions on several threads here on how to transfer these from my D drive (the back up drive on the computer itself) to the L drive (the Buffalo Linkstation); changed the location of the library to the correct address where all the music files are (I can see them there) having consolidated them there. It could not find any of them unless I individually located them (there are over 9000 tracks so I have not got time to do that). I changed the location back to the original and it found them again. Next I tried following the thread on the .itl file - using shift and selecting the library on the L drive, but it only found 300 tracks, some bought, some transferred, some full albums, some only part of the album, an apparently random selection. I tried going back to the original .itl file and the same happened - it only found the same small selection of tracks. I know the files are still there - I can see them, but I have no idea how to connect itunes to them. Please help!

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Mac OS X v10.6: iOS device not recognized in iTunes after restart - http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3540
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