Hello, i want to know if it is possible to have an ipod 'sync' with an external hard drive...
Here is the situation, i have a housemate who has asked me to reformat her laptop and so she has an external hard drive to back all her stuff up including all her music. Now her music isn't all in the same place (not a very big hard drive and it is partitioned).
What would happen if I reformat her laptop with a clean install of Windows, reinstall iTunes etc, but add all the music in from the external hard drive in the iTunes library? Would iTunes copy all the music back over or will it be able to read it straight from the external HDD?
Say if iTunes will be able to read straight from the external HDD, what would happen with the ipod? does it get wiped and start all over again syncing with iTunes, or will it just carry on as normal as if nothing has changed?
I'm getting really confused so any help would be greatful.
Many thanks
Andy
Here is the situation, i have a housemate who has asked me to reformat her laptop and so she has an external hard drive to back all her stuff up including all her music. Now her music isn't all in the same place (not a very big hard drive and it is partitioned).
What would happen if I reformat her laptop with a clean install of Windows, reinstall iTunes etc, but add all the music in from the external hard drive in the iTunes library? Would iTunes copy all the music back over or will it be able to read it straight from the external HDD?
Say if iTunes will be able to read straight from the external HDD, what would happen with the ipod? does it get wiped and start all over again syncing with iTunes, or will it just carry on as normal as if nothing has changed?
I'm getting really confused so any help would be greatful.
Many thanks
Andy