Computer received virus, lost all original songs
My Pc was infected last week by a bad virus. I was forced to format my hard drive and reinstall all software. I copied all songs to a sandisk( removable drive ) but now Itunes can not find original song. Over 200 songs @ $1.00 a pop alot of money, Can someone please help.
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You have to put the songs back in the iTunes music folder. It is located in My Documents-->My Music-->iTunes-->iTunes Music
Or, in iTunes, go to edit-->preferences. Hit the advanced tab. Check "Keep iTunes Music folder organized"
Click ok.
Now drag all of the songs into iTunes while viewing the library. They should copy to your harddrive, as long as the iTunes Music folder is located on your harddrive (see top of image). Note that you may have duplicates. You may want to delete all the songs from iTunes and then drag the backups back in.
Make sure they are on your harddrive and work without the backup Sandisk connected. Check by going to My Documents-->My Music-->iTunes-->iTunes Music
Please post back if you are confused about one part or another so you don't lose your music.
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