Using iTunes on two computers from external drive

I have my itunes on an external drive and would like to use it on both my laptop and my home PC (both are Windows XP). My laptop is what I have used consistently in the past without issue, but am having trouble opening it on my PC. Thoughts?

That might be a problem coz the library saves the full path of the files, so unless the drive is seen on the 2 computers by the same drive letter, that might not be possible UNLESS u have 2 libraries for each windows.
U could share the library on ur network at home, just enable library sharing in ur prefrences, connect it to one & play it on both at the same time
I hope that helps
Ehab Amer

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