ITunes

[chrissa1]

I can't access my old ITunes Playlists from an external hardrive content from my old laptop.
When I click on ITunes it says, "The file ITunes Library cannot be read because it was created by a newer version of ITunes".
Will I ever be able to access all the tunes I bought on my old laptop/ Thanks.

[ChuckFickens]

Upgrade the version of Itunes on the old laptop to the latest version

http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

[chrissa1]

I can't do that Chuck, all I've got is the external hard drive that supposedly copied everytning from the old laptopn that was broken, taken away and replaced by the insurance company.

[ChuckFickens]

Oh, sorry, misunderstood your question.

Update the version of itunes on the computer you are getting the error message on to the latest version.

[chrissa1]

Oh I never thought of that, duh!! Will do.
I thought that I would have had the latest version and updates on this new laptop.

[woofgang]

Depends how long it has been sat in the shop/warehouse and what version the guys at the factory were loading when it was made. My exerience is generally that the first thing you need to do when you flash up a new computer, after making the back up discs (you have done that haven't you Chrissa?) is to download the software updates.

[chrissa1]

Err,not sure I understand woof. Last April my old laptop was jumped on by my two year old granddaughter and the hinge was smashed. It was taken away and the insurance said it was unrepairable. I paid £35.00 to them to make a copy of everything for my new one. I then bought a new Packard Bell laptop and downloaded everything from the external hard drive I had bought onto the new one.
I can't get all my old playlists to come up now hence getting the message in my question.