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Old 10-02-2010, 12:28 AM   #36
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Originally Posted by REDVAN View Post
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?.
Should work. I just took a look at the XML file and I think you could just do a find and replace if you wanted to change the drive letter.

There is a line for each itunes item that specifies its location

Code:
<key>Location</key><string>file://localhost/C:/Users/Mark/Music/iTunes/iTunes%20Music/Podcasts/Calgarypuck%20Radio/Calgarypuck%20Radio_%20Regular%20season%20st.mp3</string>
if you found each instance of :

Code:
//localhost/C:/Users/Mark/Music
and replaced it with
Code:
//localhost/E:/Music
it should work, but it is not something I have ever tested. I am sure someone here will chime in either way.

Either way if you backup a copy of the library file, worst case scenario you can restore your old setup.
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