ssd and alternate drives

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ssd and alternate drives

I have a new PC with a SSD and a dedicated hard disc for music, running win 7, will upgrade to ver 10 later.

I have loaded ITunes ver 11on to the hard drive (Drive L), during installation I was asked to create a library location, which I specified as Drive L, this appears to have worked.

Looking at other discussions groups is it correct that some iTunes information will still go to the SSD? or will it all now be stored on Drive L.

Also, the original ITunes on the old PC was on Drive C, is there a simple way to transfer this information to the new Drive L, which will take account of the change to the path for the actual music?

iPod nano, Windows 7

Posted on Sep 1, 2015 8:43 AM

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turingtest2

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Sep 1, 2015 9:05 AM in response to prh108

See Make a split library portable. iTunes will always store some data in the user profile which is normally on the system drive. Typically the application would be stored on the SSD and you would put the library on a larger drive, in a portable layout, and back it up. If you have iOS devices their backups normally go wherever the user profile is, but they can be relocated as shown in the user tip.

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prh108 Author

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Sep 2, 2015 12:48 AM in response to turingtest2

Thanks will look at the article you have cited.

My concern is that the current music file is some 85GB, and therefore any back up data even a small file on the ssd could take up a large part of the 128GB of the SSD.

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turingtest2

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Sep 2, 2015 3:09 AM in response to prh108

Indeed. The article should help you get the library, media, and any iOS backup data all stored on a drive of your choice.

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