iPod won't sync with iTunes

I have tried to follow the suggestions in this thread but nothing seems to work for me. I can no longer properly sync my Ipod after some system changes.

I am running Windows 10 and had to recently replace by c drive (after first moving all my files including all my music and the itunes library to the other physical hard drive in my system (drive M:)).

I have told Itunes where the new music file is located (M:\markh\Music\iTunes\iTunes Music) in advanced preferences. I made sure all the sync boxes are ticked - but it simply refused to sync and acts like it is syncing with the old location -along the way it deleted all the existing files from my Ipod.

I can still see all my music files in the location mentioned above but Itunes will not sync my ipod with them 😟 any advice please?

You should press and hold down shift as you launch iTunes, keep holding until prompted to choose or create a library, then use the choose option to open the file M:\markh\Music\iTunes\iTunes Library.itl.

See also Make a split library portable. The media folder would normally be called iTunes Media these days. You may wish to convert your library to the current shape.

tt2

Thanks to you and turingtest2 for both those answers - but they don't seem to indicate how to solve my problem. (Turingtest2 your suggestion only shows cloud located files)

It's true I did not use iTunes to move my Media folder - I had assumed (since nowhere tells you otherwise) that moving the pointer would be sufficient (would be good if such information was displayed somewhere rather than in an FAQ somewhere - apparently Apple and iTunes isn;t as smart and user friendly as the advertising - but oh well)

I can still play some songs within iTunes - but only those available from the cloud (which is the location from which they play) - do you have any suggestions as to fix the problem - or do I have manually import them all again 😟

Try Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash.

If cannot find a valid .itl file that lists your media and playlists then I'd suggest you rebuild the library in the standard shape, with the iTunes folder at M:\iTunes and move all of the media inside M:\iTunes\ITunes Media before adding to the library.

If you find a valid .itl but the library is full of exclamation marks indicating broken links I can walk you through correcting that problem.

tt2