Can i have TWO seperate libraries on seperate disks in the SAME computer ??

Question

1)sony viao, running vista business.
2)partitioned hard disks, "C" drive ( 105 GB ) has the vista OS and everything else, "I" drive ( 121 GB ) has just the itunes media files.
3)"C" drive has 72 GB still free, while "I" drive is practically full of music.
4)my systems person tells me i cannot "shift" the partition, to increase size in "I" while reducing size in "C".
5)one option is to fit a new, larger hard drive, buti rather not take the risk unless absolutely necessary.
6) can i create a "new" user, with his own library +in "C" drive+ ? this way, i can :
.. use the excess space in "C", and not have to change to a larger hard drive
...keep my classical music on "I" and sync to my 120GB ipod to play thru the home set up.
... keep my easy listening music on "C" and sync that to my 80 GB ipod and 3G iphone for use in the jeep and at the gym.
would this work ? would i have two installations of itunes , or just two libraries ?
many thanks to the experts out there who can figure this one out .
behram k.
Message was edited by: behkab

Answer 1

Personally, I wouldn't change the prefs to copy music to a different iTunes music folder everytime.
As long as it is playable in iTunes, it doesn't matter which drive it is located on.
Just change it to the C: drive and add music.
1) i create a new folder in "C" for the music i want to store in C , and point itunes to this folder.
Yes.
2) i can move some of the current music in "I" to this new folder in "C".
Yes but it's not quite that simple. Once you move a song in iTunes via Windows Explorer, iTunes will ikely lose this link and ask you to point to it. Not aproblem if you move a few songs but if you do a lot, since you can only do them one at a time.
3) depending on the type of music i'm downloading, i set the path in the advanced settings to either "C" or "I".
If you want.
But I wouldn't.
If you start getting close to full on the internal (as a general rule you should keep at least 10%-15% free space on boot drive) and get a larger drive, set iTunes prefs to the new drive then File Library -> Consolidate to copy everything the new drive.
Then you can delete the iTunes music folders on the C: and I: drives.