I just purchased a new computer and want to synch my iPod. My music (including iTunes purchases and my personal CD rips) is located on a WD portable hard drive. What do I do to synch my iPod and have it recognize the music on the WD drive ?

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I just purchased a new computer and want to synch my iPod. My music (including iTunes purchases and my personal CD rips) is located on a WD portable hard drive. What do I do to synch my iPod and have it recognize the music on the WD drive ?

I just purchased a new Toshiba laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium (Service Pack 1) OS. I own an iPod Classic that has always been synched with my old laptop. All my music (including iTunes purchases and personal music CD rips) is on a WD portable hard drive. What are the steps to take to synch my existing iPod with my new laptop and get all the music ?

iPod classic, Windows 7

Posted on May 5, 2012 6:14 AM

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planb77

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May 7, 2012 5:55 AM in response to dannyala

Import the music on the external HD into iTunes. If you don't want iTunes to make a new copy of each track that is stored in your iTunes Media folder on your PC's internal HD, make sure the Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library option is NOT ticked from under the Advanced tab of iTunes Preferences. Just remember that if you go this route, you'll always need to have your external HD plugged in before you start up iTunes.

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