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why is it that alot of my downloaded music will not play anymore. It says the original file can not be located. I had to have my hard drive wiped clean.

why is it that alot of my downloaded music will not play anymore. It says the original file can not be located. I had to have my hard drive wiped clean.

null-OTHER, Windows 10

Posted on Jul 5, 2018 2:22 PM

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Posted on Jul 6, 2018 1:56 AM

Hi,

If you wiped your hard drive, the music is no longer on your hard drive. You will need to restore from your back up.


Read this If you see an exclamation point next to your items in iTunes - Apple Support


Jim

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why is it that alot of my downloaded music will not play anymore. It says the original file can not be located. I had to have my hard drive wiped clean.

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