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iPod/iTunes - what have I done?
gonefishin
01-07-2011
So this started out simply enough, I was running short on drive space on my PC so bought an external drive and started saving my iTunes library there.

But then that external drive got filled up, so I bought another which was larger.

I thought I was doing the right thing by simply dragging my iTunes library over to the new drive, however when I open up iTunes all of my library is still listed but it cannot find any of the matching media files.

Everything is still thankfully on my iPod but I daren't sync it in case the iTunes library wipes all of this.

Any suggestions on what to do? Thanks in advance.
Taz93
01-07-2011
UnfortunatelyI can't help but...

I've turned on my computer today, gone on iTunes to listen to some music while I clean- and there's nothing in my library!! I haven'nt backed it up either. I'm going to try turning it off and on and see if that works.
soulboy77
01-07-2011
gonefishin - You need to tell iTunes where you want the library location to be:

First delete all the current files shown within iTunes as they have lost there references to the correct location.

Then

Edit > Preferences > Advanced tab > iTunes Media folder location [Change] then browse to the new library location then press [OK]

Then

File > Add Folder to library > browse to the library location top level folder then press [OK] and all the files will be re-added and organised back in iTunes
Harry56
01-07-2011
Try this article from Apple Support

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