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REDVAN · 10-01-2010, 11:18 PM

Bump.

Here's a question. I recently had to re-build my comp from the ground up, so that included getting windows 7, a new external hard drive, a new ssd for my os and programs, more ram, all that jazz. Have an "old" motherboard and processor if that matters.

I have recovered all my music and am storing it on my external drive, a 1TB WD passport. I used to have all my music on an internal secondary drive.

I notice when I click on songs now, it takes a few seconds to start playing, and occasionally stalls in the middle, or when I fast forward right to the middle of the song.

I think this has to do with the slowness of the external drives data transfer through to iTunes. Am I right? Would storing all my music on an internal drive make it faster? And if yes, can I slam a new drive into my machine, copy the exact folder structure over to the new drive, and then rename the new one with the same drive letter, making iTunes think the music has effectively never even moved at all?

Oh and a caveat- I have duplicate songs on the hard drive, and I have spent a lot of time weeding out the duplicates. That is why I don't want to just move the whole library and have iTunes auto-add it in again, because it'll just recreate all the duplicates that I've spent hours and hours sorting through... I need iTunes to think the music has never moved at all, just because I want it to load up smoothly.

10-01-2010, 11:18 PM	#35
REDVAN Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Calgary Exp:	Bump. Here's a question. I recently had to re-build my comp from the ground up, so that included getting windows 7, a new external hard drive, a new ssd for my os and programs, more ram, all that jazz. Have an "old" motherboard and processor if that matters. I have recovered all my music and am storing it on my external drive, a 1TB WD passport. I used to have all my music on an internal secondary drive. I notice when I click on songs now, it takes a few seconds to start playing, and occasionally stalls in the middle, or when I fast forward right to the middle of the song. I think this has to do with the slowness of the external drives data transfer through to iTunes. Am I right? Would storing all my music on an internal drive make it faster? And if yes, can I slam a new drive into my machine, copy the exact folder structure over to the new drive, and then rename the new one with the same drive letter, making iTunes think the music has effectively never even moved at all? Oh and a caveat- I have duplicate songs on the hard drive, and I have spent a lot of time weeding out the duplicates. That is why I don't want to just move the whole library and have iTunes auto-add it in again, because it'll just recreate all the duplicates that I've spent hours and hours sorting through... I need iTunes to think the music has never moved at all, just because I want it to load up smoothly. __________________ REDVAN!