iTunes setup with peripheral drive

Followup description of what I've done and what's not happening:

I have followed the iTunes directions and it won't "consolidate" the library as it should.

In iTunes' Preferences I have selected "Advanced" and under "iTunes Media folder location" I have iTunes pointing to the accurate file folder in my peripheral drive; that's the first task according to the rubric.

Then, as iTunes help directs, I have gone to File, Library, Organize Library, and clicked on Consolidate (which is what I'm supposed to do, and nothing happens, even after 20 minutes).

If I go to File, Library, Organize Library, Add to Library, it just wants to copy files to my Mini HD... which is what I do not want.

Help!

Ed

Update:

Now, for reasons unknown, it has created the Library Music list: but only part of the total series of music files: all the A albums, and part of the Bs... and then stopped.

I have Pure Music as a software... of course, not booted, but it's on the computer. I have only iTunes booted for this task.

Help!

Ed

Thank you everyone. When it created a partial library (why partial I have no idea), I updated the library using the usual functions under "file" to do so, and for whatever reason, it did it.

I have done this procedure many times, but for some reason (still unknown to me) it did not function easily and successfully as before.

Everyone's posts and emails are sincerely appreciated. Thanks... a really great community here on Audiogon.

:) listening,

Ed