iTunes and formatting ?

BEN_UK

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BEN_UK

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Hello,

I have iTunes installed on my windows vista laptop with around 8Gb worth of albums.

I want to move back to windows xp ?

What do i need to do to backup my itunes music so i can use it again on windows xp and i tunes??

i dont want to have to rip all my cd's again and have to find the art work again.

thanks ben :)
 
Backup both the music files and the iTunes library and then restore once you have downgraded.

Or do what I do and keep your iTunes library and music files on a NAS drive. :)
 
BEN_UK said:
whats a NAS drive ?
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Network attached storage. Pretty much what it says on the tin, but to expand slightly, it's essentially a storage device which, rather than connecting to a single PC via USB/Firewire/IDE/SATA, has an ethernet connection so you can add it to your network, so it can be shared by computers on your network.
 
My Documents > My Music > iTunes > iTunes Music

Backup the iTunes Music folder, then drag the file on to iTunes (whilst it's open) after you've reinstalled Windows. Then wait.
 
EVH said:
My Documents > My Music > iTunes > iTunes Music

Backup the iTunes Music folder, then drag the file on to iTunes (whilst it's open) after you've reinstalled Windows. Then wait.
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Better yet, take the whole iTunes folder, that way you'll keep your library exactly as-is ;)
 
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