How can I remove associations from the itunes library

I messed up...I had some of my music on my computer, and ALL of my music on my network attach storage which of course included all the music on my computer.  I was trying to only add some additional stuff from the NAS to  my iTunes library but somehow added ALL of it which in the end will be great but currently I have literally dozens of duplicate albums.  I'd like to somehow remove an entire folder associated with my iTunes library but cannot figure out how to do that.  If I could somehow remove or edit the associations to my local music and then associate only to the music folder on my NAS I believe the problem would be solved,  is there anyway to do that?

You simply have to change the update option of your iPod to "manually manage music and videos". You can get details here: Managing content manually on iPod
One major word of caution. If you delete songs from your PC and have no back up other than the iPod you will risk losing them permanently if your iPod fails or you find you have to restore it to solve a problem. You should consider investing in an additional internal or external hard drive to store/back up your music. Alternatively at the very least back up songs you can't replace such as iTunes downloads to CD or DVD. Forum member Buegie has compiled a very extensive procedure for backing up your music which you'll find at this link: Backing up iTunes
Something else to be aware of when using an iPod in manual mode is that the "Do Not Disconnect" message will remain on the display until you physically eject the device. In that case use Safely Remove Hardware icon in the Windows system tray on your desktop or check this link: Safely Disconnect IPod

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