- #WHERE IS ITUNES MUSIC STORED ON HARD DRIVE SOFTWARE#
- #WHERE IS ITUNES MUSIC STORED ON HARD DRIVE PC#
- #WHERE IS ITUNES MUSIC STORED ON HARD DRIVE WINDOWS 7#
- #WHERE IS ITUNES MUSIC STORED ON HARD DRIVE DOWNLOAD#
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It's like many things in life, easier to do than to explain.When you get a new computer or hard drive, you can move your iTunes library, enabling you to run iTunes on a new machine, and keep the links to these music files active. In the process of writing this Hub, I performed the operation many times and now can do it very quickly.
Then I tried what I've written here and it was much easier. I initially followed some instructions I found on YouTube, but they didn't work right (or I didn't follow them correctly).
#WHERE IS ITUNES MUSIC STORED ON HARD DRIVE WINDOWS 7#
itunes had found the files even though the Windows 7 location for music is a bit different from XP.
#WHERE IS ITUNES MUSIC STORED ON HARD DRIVE SOFTWARE#
What I had done (earlier in the day)was use the "Windows easy tranfer" software to transfer all my old files and settings to the new computer via an external hard drive. My old computer wasn't even set up to consolidate itunes files. To my surprise when I opened it, it already had all my music, videos, apps, books etc.
#WHERE IS ITUNES MUSIC STORED ON HARD DRIVE DOWNLOAD#
Having read your clear instructions my first step was to download the itunes software to the new computer. I left the transfer of itunes to the end because my Google searches suggested it was complicated. I have acquired a new computer with Windows 7. Glad the transition went smoothly for you. I'm fairly happy with Windows 7, especially when it comes to setting up networking and printers, but I wish it would stop trying to "help" me by assuming what I'm trying to do and stepping in where it's not wanted.
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I think it depends on how your old PC is set up(content, privileges, anti-virus software, etc.), so it's hit or miss. It ran for hours but didn't actually do anything. That's great! I tried the "Windows easy transfer" a few times but it didn't work for me. Thanks for the comment.īill Yovino (author) on September 17, 2011:
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Great information! Just a thought though, is it possible to operate itunes within the external drive? If so it would be a huge help as I have an extensive library and need to free up some space on the laptop.īill Yovino (author) on September 17, - I've added a note above about trying Windows Easy Transfer first. I haven't tried it but it would probably work.Īngela Goodwin from Southern California on December 06, 2011: Thank you again for the great article.īill Yovino (author) on December 06, 2011: This was the easiest part of the whole transfer. I have had problems over the past year with my laptop and have had to reinstall windows several times and always having to redo my itunes library. Since the new system had a different name than the old one, I only had to edit the xml file to change the name part of the string. After installing windows and iTunes on my new system, I used the WET program to put the stuff from my laptop onto the new system. I only used windows easy transfer for my c drive.
I had a second drive in my laptop that had my itunes library on it and I put that drive into the desktop. I was moving from my laptop win 7 to a desktop win 7. It makes me happy to hear success stories.īill, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for your helpful article. Even taking into account the issues with Windows 7's different folder hierarchy.īill Yovino (author) on February 10, 2013: Your instructions are very useful for anyone who wants to preserve the entire iTunes configuration. If not, recheck that you entered the correct information during the Find/Replace step. Navigate to the XML file that you edited, select it and click "OK".