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Itunes deleting all music on update

  • 05-02-2011 7:45pm
    #1
    chenguin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91 ✭✭


    Hi Guys,
    I have an itunes issue I could use your help on.
    When I update my itunes software to the next version it wipes all my music. It all started when I changed my itunes media folder to the D drive rather then the C drive. I changed this is preferences and advanced. Now whenever I update the software it wipes my music because it changes the default folder to the C drive rather then the D drive.
    This is very fustrating as I then need to add all the music into itunes which takes a very long time.
    My C drive is too small to keep all the music in it so I do want to use the D drive.
    Has anyone ever had this happen to them or know how to stop this from happening?


Comments

  • #2
    greglo23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,027 ✭✭✭greglo23


    Hold down the alt key and open iTunes. It should then ask you to choose your library. Browse to your library on your d drive and bobs your uncle.


  • #3
    chenguin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91 ✭✭chenguin


    Cheers. I will try that.


  • #4
    ZENER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭ZENER


    You could also put a shortcut to the media folder in the default location ? That should stop it happening again I think. Not a Windows user but I think the theory is sound :) (pun intended)

    Ken


  • #5
    mufcboy1999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,970 ✭✭✭mufcboy1999


    sorry to bump the thread.

    but my itunes after each upgrade version i download seems to delete several songs, there still on my ipod and i can listen to them perfect but when i go to listen to them on itunes through my laptop it says file cannot be found and a little ! mark is on the left hand side next to the song.

    is this because some of these songs were downloaded through limewire etc or what?

    cheers


  • #6
    guil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,585 ✭✭✭✭guil


    yeah if a song is in x folder and ya play it in itunes, if ya move to to y folder, itunes can't play it because it was moved

    ya need to play each song from the new location


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  • #7
    mufcboy1999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,970 ✭✭✭mufcboy1999


    guil wrote: »
    yeah if a song is in x folder and ya play it in itunes, if ya move to to y folder, itunes can't play it because it was moved

    ya need to play each song from the new location

    thats it bud i didnt move it anywhere i wouldnt know how:o, so that leads me to my next question how do you find them if they moved by themselves or if i done without noticing?

    iv lost some proper tunes :mad:


  • #8
    guil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,585 ✭✭✭✭guil


    use the search function in windows, just type the name of the song and it should find it


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