iTunes and restoring operating system

[bitslice]

I'm about to restore the OS on a Toshiba (pfft) laptop (...not mine)

But it's got iTunes on it
(mostly ripped CD's but some iTunes stuff)

what is the procedure for backing up the iTunes data ?
(I'm currently copying the "My Documents" folder to another PC)

I've done "export library" to get a "library.xml" file
and I've "deauthorised" the laptop

what now ?

Thanks
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[bitslice]

Thanks for the pointers guys
It turned out like you all said:

I made a copy of the "iTunes" folder (onto another PC)
Restored the Laptop
Reloaded iTunes
Copied that folder back into the correct posistion in "My Music"
iTunes then saw and accepted all the tracks.
---job done



unfortunately... (sigh)

The reason it all bombed out was a result from uninstalling an expired copy of Norton SC (IE would drop out with an error)
The Toshiba restore disk just reinstalls Norton (pffft), so I removed Norton again before handing the Laptop back (saying I'll load free AVG later...)
The laptop owner then REINSTALLS Norton, saying "I don't mind paying £20 if it works..blah, blah"

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh !!!

bloomin' users



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