iTunes & Reinstalling Windows

NickM · 2 Dec 2006 at 14:41

I'm about to reinstall windows and just wanted to know if there was a way to backup all my itunes playlists and ratings?
Would copying the My Documents\My Music\iTunes directory with the.itl and .xml files work?
Cheers

Tony Williams · 2 Dec 2006 at 15:01

Is there a save playlist thing or summit? You could try on a dummy computer first.

AndyC · 2 Dec 2006 at 15:27

Also don't forget to deactivate the PC before the format else your will lose one of you 5 activates before the account and music is locked.

I do and I'm now down to 2.

NickM · 2 Dec 2006 at 17:40

Erm, I'm not sure if there is a way to save playlists, even if there was that wouldn't save ratings etc.

I don't have a spare computer to try it on unfortunately.

thanks for the replies.

Glaucus · 2 Dec 2006 at 17:57

goto

C:\Documents and Settings\AcidHell2\My Documents\My Music\iTunes

and copy these files.
iTunes Music Library.xml
iTunes Library.itl

Its the only two files there might be slightly different depending on version, After you have installed Itunes simply copy and paste them back, overwriting the old ones.

NickM · 4 Dec 2006 at 00:07

ok, thanks