Itunes on external hard drive wont open in Win7

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Itunes on external hard drive wont open in Win7

I have my itunes stored on an external hard drive using Windows XP. I have just changed my computer to a Win7 version, and now I cant access my library. I can see it there but cannot find the correct path to it. I have been able to access it on my old XP PC so it still works OK, but frustrated not being able to get it to work on a later OS/computer.

Dell Studio 17, Windows 7

Posted on Feb 25, 2010 9:44 AM

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Katrina S.

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Feb 25, 2010 11:23 AM in response to tkeg56

Do you have the itunes database file from XP also on the exHD?
iTunes Library.itl

Copy it from XP onto the exHD.
Then connect the exHD to Win 7, do a shift-start of itunes.
Which means, press *AND HOLD* the shift key while starting itunes, keep pressing until you get the prompt. Then browse to the exHD and choose the ITL file you copied over.

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Feb 26, 2010 3:46 AM in response to Katrina S.

Thanks for that, however I now have a situation where it says the file is locked and wont allow me access even though I have set everything up on both PC's and XHD as an administrator. Any ideas as to how I can overcome this prob?

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Katrina S.

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Feb 26, 2010 9:26 AM in response to tkeg56

It's windows permissions. Right-click on the top-level exHD, get properties, security tab. Your user name should have full control and ownership of that folder and all its child/subfolders.

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