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iTunes came installed on my new HP laptop. I have a WD Discovery external hard drive that I want to move iTunes to and then delete iTunes off of the laptop. Is there a way to do that without losing all my iTunes music? Thank you for your time and help on this matter.
Howard
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Windows, Windows 10
In most cases your iTunes library will be at C:\Users\<User>\Music\iTunes. You should normally copy the iTunes folder to the root of the D: drive as D:\iTunes then press and hold down shift as you start iTunes, keep holding until prompted to choose or create a library, click choose, then browse to and open D:\iTunes\iTunes Library.itl. Once you've checked that the library is working properly you can delete the original copy of the library on the C: drive.
tt2
In most cases your iTunes library will be at C:\Users\<User>\Music\iTunes. You should normally copy the iTunes folder to the root of the D: drive as D:\iTunes then press and hold down shift as you start iTunes, keep holding until prompted to choose or create a library, click choose, then browse to and open D:\iTunes\iTunes Library.itl. Once you've checked that the library is working properly you can delete the original copy of the library on the C: drive.
tt2
I would suggest moving your music library to the external drive and keeping iTunes installed on your laptop. You will have to point iTunes to the new library folder on your external hard drive to access the music there.
Hello,
Thank you for sending this. I have found it somewhat helpful since I am not as adept as you. I will have to read it over and over.
The attachments at the end are also very helpful. I am beginning to know why it works and doesn't.
Now All I need is what I should do to delete my original iTunes folder under the C:\ drive to the user I make a new user or such in my D:\ drive since my C:\ is a small SSD.
Any help on this is also very appreciated.
Again, Thanks for the time you took to help.
Michael
See Make a split library portable - Apple Community. Move the entire iTunes folder as a unit then shift-start iTunes to reconnect to it. The media folder will update automatically.
tt2
Would that mean to go to edit preferences advanced and change the location of the hdd?
Move iTunes to an external drive
