I have recently put in another hard drive into my system to hold my iTunes any tips on how to transfer the system easier?

What is the easiest way tostill have my iStore and iTunes accounts and switch from my C: drive to my E: drive which is my new hard drive?

I have tried contacting Apple Support and they aren't supposed to give out info for XP. My warranty is with Best Buy and they said that they would reinstall iTunes into my E: drive for only $149.00.It cost me $200.00 to have the second hard drive installed by the people that made my computer. I just wanted more space to start my art business which will require the first hard drive's space. Plus when I'm working or playing on my computer I HAVE, NEED, itis REQUIRED that my music be playing. Needless to say right now I'm going nuts

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cwhargrave,
have you tried looking in the App Store, to see if you can redownload iWeb and iPhoto there gratis?
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Im using logic pro, and its been running fine with small projects, but when i have a medium sized project using several vst instruments and exs24s using many audio samples, all of which are running off the internal.... i get error messages, system overload messages...and i am unable to bounce to audio file (in logic pro)
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1) I only did this since I bought the laptop used, and didn't get the install OS discs. I would have started fresh and installed everything myself, but then again, it wasn't my laptop, and I didn't care about what was on it. You might.
2) You need to clone to an external Firewire drive if you want to make a bootable clone. Do not use USB. Do not use Time Machine, as its backups are not able to be booted from.
3) The whole replace the internal DVD drive with another sounds pretty iffy to me. Just use the Firewire drive you'll now be having at you disposal for a variety of things, including possibly recording to. I can advise once I know what your interface is, if any, and if you've got a Macbook or a Macbook Pro- I forgot to look.
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Right after I wrote, the dvd player started working again. With the old HD in, I booted from the disk and went into disk utility to see if I could repair the old HD. It could not see the old drive.
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