How do I have itunes use/detect my external hard drive and place music on the external drive from the itunes store? There are no music files on my pc yet.  I will like to do this after installing itunes 11 on my pc for the first time. I am using windows 7

How do I have itunes use/detect my external hard drive and place music on the external drive from the itunes store? There are no music files on my pc yet.  I will like to do this after installing itunes 11 on my pc for the first time. I am using windows 7.  HP computer intel Dual Core.  Thanks for any help!

Hey idw3,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities, and thanks for the question. Follow the instructions on this article to move your iTunes Media folder to an external hard drive:
iTunes for Windows: Moving your iTunes Media folder
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1364
Regards,
David

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