iPod Problems restoring library

[carrollf]

I am trying to restore my iTunes library from a Time Machine backup but am having problems. I had to re-install Leopard on my iMac and once it completed, I copied my 50Gb music folder (including the iTunes library) back onto my iMac from an external drive where I backed it up.
However, when I hold down ALT and open iTunes to choose my library, it tells me that the library I have chosen is on a "locked drive or I do not have access"??
I checked the permissions and they are read&write for everyone so I do not understand.
Same is happening with my iPhoto library??

Can anyone help me?

 

[mad jew]

What folder(s) did you copy them back to? Do you run FileVault or did you run it on the previous installation?

 

[carrollf]

I keep my music and photos folder within Users/Shared so that all users can access it. I had it on an external drive and simply copied it back

 

[mad jew]

...And do you or have you ever used FileVault or something similar to encrypt your data?

 

[carrollf]

Never used FileVault

 

[Cinematographer]

[…], when I hold down ALT and open iTunes to choose my library, it tells me that the library I have chosen is on a "locked drive or I do not have access"??

Is the same thing happening when you double-click the restored library file?