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1 Ipod library, 2 PC's?

I have begun ripping my CDs to an external hard drive/network drive that is attached to a PC that does not have itunes installed.
I have 2 other laptops, I'll call them A and B.
Laptop A is what I have been using to import/rip CDs to the external drive without any problems. It rips, plays back, displays the music, etc, no problems.
I recently installed itunes on laptop B. When I fire up itunes, it shows nothing in my music library. If I rip something to the external with itunes, then it shows that CD in the library.
How do I get laptop B to display the music I have on the external drive?
FYI...there is no itunes folder on the external drive, just a folder I created named Music that contains all the music I have ripped to it. Is that maybe the problem?
Laptop A has no problem playing from or ripping to the external with this configuration.
kmulkey

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kmulkey OP
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Sharing is selected on both laptops which both each has itunes on it. Both laptops are "pointed to" the external drive...it works fine for laptop A, no dice for laptop B.
I am running Windows XP on both machines, the external is set up as a network drive, laptop B is pointed to the external drive in itunes and it does have access to that drive, and still laptop B cannot see any of the music on the external drive.
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