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Rebuilding of crashed system

Went through the support files and did a bit of searching.
I have all of the music files and I have the original .xml and other iTunes files.

If I go with just a standard "import music files", I can't see my old ratings or any old info, just new files.

If I go with the "recreating" option: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451 I don't see the files. (move the XML to the desktop and delete the other file)

How can I rebuild iTunes and not lose the files and not lose the rating/library info I had?

With the crash of the old system I can't put the files in the old location but I can create a new location for them if needed. But about 25GB of files I don't want to copy them to a system drive, I'd prefer a network drive option (I have a Mapped Drive "M" with all the files located there now.

Appreciate the assistance.

PC, Windows XP Pro

Posted on Apr 29, 2008 4:01 PM

4 replies

Aug 19, 2015 11:52 AM in response to Community User

Katrina.

I checked the link, and it mentions the .itl file, but not what to do with it.

I've rebuilt iTunes and I can play all of my music.

I tried and removed the new ITL and replaced with the old ITL that has my ratings, etc BUT it now can't find the directories (I'm guessing the file name / path is stored in the .itl and it's looking for the old address)

Is there a way to import or rebuild the new ILT with the old ratings?

Appreciate any help.

Rebuilding of crashed system

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