Changing backup location.

Itunes backups are by default saved to "c:\documents and settings\'user'\application data\apple computer\mobile sync\backup"

That is the location for touch/iPhone backups, not iTunes backups. iTunes library backups are on CD/DVD.

This does not work for me because I do not have the space on that drive to hold the backup.

I have like 300 backup files and the folder is only 8.8MB. How big total is your C: drive.
Don't believe you can change the location, at least not easily. Possibly by hacking the registry settings.

You should always have at least 10%-15% free space on your boot drive. The OS will need this for swap files and such.

You can't change the iTunes behavior, as far as I can tell.

However, you can use a feature of NTFS to point that folder to another drive. This feature is typically called a "junction" or "symbolic link".

You can use this tool to create a junction:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768.aspx

For example, let's say you want your iPhone backup to be D: ackup. You would do this:

1. close iTunes
2. Move the folder c:documents and settingsuserapplication dataapple computermobile sync ackup to D:
3. Extract the junction.zip to the Desktop.
4. Open a command prompt and enter these commands:

cd Desktop
junction D: ackup "C:Documents and SettingsusernameApplication DataApple ComputerMobile SyncBackup"

NOTE 1: Change "username" to match your current username, of course.

NOTE 2: I did not test the above! In general, junction points work OK, but only if programs don't mess with the linked directory (like rename or remove it). For example, if iTunes does something like delete the ...Mobile SyncBackup directory and then recreate it, it will no longer go to the D: ackups folder.

Hi, would this be the similar procedure for backing up my iTunes music library for my iPod Classic? I recently completed uploading my entire CD library into iTunes and onto my iPod. I don't want to have to do it again some day. The normal back up says it will take 39 CD's to back up my library. YIKES. I have a 302gig external USB drive that I want to back it up to instead but cannot figure out how to re-direct to this drive instead of a CD. HELP! 🙂

Unfortunately my appdata folder is in a network location; so the junction doesn't work. Any other ideas?

This may be helpful: iTunes checks the key
*HKEY CURRENTUSER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders* to look for the backup folder location. Not the 'standard' Shell Folders key.

There is a mistake in Robert's suggestion. The arguments to junction are flipped. The first argument is supposed to be "C:\Documents and Settings..." and the second argument "D:\backup".