music on diff hdd

JamesBart · 11-22-2006, 06:47 PM

i use windows media player and i will soon be using itunes. is it possible to have all of my music which is on my OS hdd and place it on another hdd but have it so that when i open WMP and itunes all of my music is there. if you have any questions then just ask. thanks.

Dropkickmurphys · 11-22-2006, 10:31 PM

if i understand you right, yes you can.

you are talking about having 2HDD's in your computer and storing music on one and the OS and software on the other? right?

JamesBart · 11-22-2006, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Dropkickmurphys

if i understand you right, yes you can.

you are talking about having 2HDD's in your computer and storing music on one and the OS and software on the other? right?

How do you do this? thanks!

jiSh · 11-22-2006, 11:34 PM

Just move all the music to the other hard drive, and then import the entire drive into your iTunes/WMP library.

lovely? · 11-23-2006, 12:40 AM

yes its very easy, if you have a second hard-drive, set it to slave (most hdds show how to do that on the hdd itself) then install it and it usually just kind of works.

bumblebee_tuna · 11-23-2006, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by lovely?

yes its very easy, if you have a second hard-drive, set it to slave (most hdds show how to do that on the hdd itself) then install it and it usually just kind of works.

If it is an IDE drive, then, yes, you have to set your jumpers to the right settings (Some have an automatic jumper setting). With a SATA drive, though, you just have to plug it in and format it.....

[-0MEGA-] · 11-23-2006, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by 6071842

How do you do this? thanks!

You can manually move it, or change the "My Music" target to the other HD, so anything that goes into that folder automatically goes to a different HD.

JamesBart · 11-23-2006, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by [-0MEGA-]

You can manually move it, or change the "My Music" target to the other HD, so anything that goes into that folder automatically goes to a different HD.

How would you do that? i think thats what i will do.

JamesBart · 11-23-2006, 11:46 AM

Sorted but i have a little problem and its that wehn i transfered all of my music to my other hdd then delete it from the OS hdd.

i then added my music back to the media library but not i have double songs in my albums so its the same 2 songs and only one works. and when i try to delete the song that doesnt work i get the error message saying...

Cannot delete file: cannot delete file from the Source file or disk

Any ideas?

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JamesBart Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,338	music on diff hdd i use windows media player and i will soon be using itunes. is it possible to have all of my music which is on my OS hdd and place it on another hdd but have it so that when i open WMP and itunes all of my music is there. if you have any questions then just ask. thanks.

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Dropkickmurphys Diamond Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Worthing, UK (Uni at Kent) Age: 19 Posts: 1,786	if i understand you right, yes you can. you are talking about having 2HDD's in your computer and storing music on one and the OS and software on the other? right? __________________ Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz (OC @ 2.5GHz) Gigabyte P35C-DS3R motherboard 2GB 6400 DDR240 RAM (OC @ 427.5mhz) 512Mb Geforce 8600GT (OC core: 651Mhz, memory: 475Mhz) 500GB Seagate 7,500RPM HDD Lite-on 20x DVD+RW OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU CoolerMaster Black Centurian 534 Case Samsung 19" 1440x900 SyncMaster 940BW monitor / Samsung 19" 1440x900 TV Dual Booting: Windows XP Proffessional SP2 / Windows Vista Business SP1

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11-23-2006, 11:46 AM	#9 (permalink)
JamesBart Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,338	Sorted but i have a little problem and its that wehn i transfered all of my music to my other hdd then delete it from the OS hdd. i then added my music back to the media library but not i have double songs in my albums so its the same 2 songs and only one works. and when i try to delete the song that doesnt work i get the error message saying... Cannot delete file: cannot delete file from the Source file or disk Any ideas?

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