How do I import all my music into a fresh install of iTunes?
I just installed Windows 7 and iTunes and did something stupid. Before installing iTunes, I moved all my music files (completely intact as the "iTunes Music" folder) into the proper location on my C: drive so iTunes would detect them.
But during the iTunes installation I left the option checked to have iTunes automatically search for mp3/aac files, so what this did was add all my music twice (the first because it just read them from the location, and the second because it re-searched for everything).
So I just deleted everything from iTunes and then did "Add Folder" and chose the iTunes Music folder. Well, this put all my music back into iTunes, but it did not reinstate my playlists. More importantly, it did not carry over my song ratings!
Please tell me what I need to do at this point so that iTunes detects my music just as it was before I reformatted! Do I need to reinstall iTunes, or is there some other way?
Thanks!
Please tell me what I need to do at this point so that iTunes detects my music just as it was before I reformatted! If it's in iTunes, it has detected it all.
Well, this put all my music back into iTunes, but it did not reinstate my playlists. More importantly, it did not carry over my song ratings!
If you want your rating and playlists, you will need to copy your entire iTunes folder before you reformat and reinstall your OS.
Before installing iTunes, I moved all my music files (completely intact as the "iTunes Music" folder)
Yo should copy your iTunes folder, not only the iTunes music folder inside the iTunes folder.
Ratings and playlist are contained in the iTunes library.itl file in the iTunes folder.
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JoshHi,
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I'm trying to import all my music into itunes but it only does a small portion. Each time I try to redo it, it will import a different amount. Not sure what to do, any help would be appreciated.
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If there is a DRM problem, file corruption, or an incompatible format, the files could not be added to iTunes even one at a time. Is that the case?
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