How do you install itunes on a secondary hard drive

I need to move my iTunes library to a bigger hard drive. Is there a way to move it to another drive and still be able to play from it? It seems when I try to do this it just goes back to my cdrive.

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iTunes for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8: Fix unexpected quits or launch issues
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1717
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Can someone help me re-install iTunes on an alternate internal drive (a drive other than C)?
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- iTunes Library cannot be saved . There is not enough memory
- the iPhone Doug's iPhone cannot be synced. An unknown error has occured (-23)
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Of these drives, about 1.5 Tb is music. Of that 1Tb is a copy (FLAC) of all my CD's. The other 1/2 Tb is digital music I have downloaded.
E: = 1 Tb drive for digital music (mp3 files) It is less than 20% full
H: = 1 Tb drive containing a FLAC copy of my CD collection
Bonjour was/is disabled as it had been causing other issues with the system (edit - is has now been uninstalled with the remainder of the Apple software)
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First I moved the library (at the point it was moved it only had 3 mps cd's in it).
1. Edit>Pref>Advanced
2. Checked only the Keep iTunes Media Folder Organized (I do not want a second copy of all my music in the library.
3. Clicked CHANGE button and chose E:/Music folder (the same drive I have my digital files on and only 20% full.
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I then moved the iTunes Database:
1. Shut down iTunes
2. Copied the iTunes folder to the new location (also E:/Music)
3. Restarted iTunes while holding the shift key and chose the library.
Finally, I moved in all the digital files from the E drive (File>add Folder to Library). This appeared to work and all my MP3 files appeared in iTunes.
The problem started when I attempted to sync my iPhone. I should note that my music library has been recently rebuilt as I lost everything on a previous drive (music, iTunes, etc...). So, when I attempted to sync the phone for the first time since re-installing/rebuilding everything, I got an error message: this iPhone is already synced to another Library. And that if I continued with the sync, I would lose all the files on the iPhone. I was ok with that as I had the files in the new/rebuilt iTunes. Also checked was the button to let me check the files I wanted to sync as iTunes is much larger in size than my phone. At that point I tried to select several files to sync with the phone and got the error messages listed at the top.
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1. Can anyone tell me what the error messages mean? The first about not having enough size makes no sense. The drive that iTunes was moved to was only 20% full at the time on a 1Tb drive. Even if I had chosen to keep a copy of the music in iTunes (which I did not) it would have still only been 40% full including the iTunes Library file. I have no idea why I got this message.
2. Just how large will the iTunes database get. I know this is subject to how much it "manages" but assuming 3-4 Tb of music, photos, etc... how large will this file grow? On my SSD Windows is taking up more than 25% of the drive. I could leave this on the SSD provided it will remain fairly small and just move the library but thought it would be just as easier to move everything.
3. Would I be better off completely installing iTunes and re-installing it on the alternate E drive as opposed to the default C (SSD) drive? This is what I have choosen to do, so far have uninstalled iTunes and now have questions regarding re-installing on an alternate drive (see very top)
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turingtest2 - thanks for the info. Have some questions:
1. Already used 3rd party software to backup all the music from my phone (about 99% ripped from cd or purchased elsewhere than iTunes. So, I really need to just get any data (contacts, etc...) and the apps purchased backed up. I assume doing steps 3-6 from the Recover Your iTunes Library link you sent will do this?
2. From what you sent, just my database file will be about 20Mb on a 96Mb drive. That is precisely why I want to move the database as well as the library off the C drive.
3. I currently have no library as I deleted all things Apple earlier today. What I do have is 2 drives that contain music, an E drive for music downloaded and an H drive for music ripped from CD's. So I don't currently have a library to know if it's working. The process you describe is a split process with the library database on one drive and the media folder on another drive. In my case I do want to "move" the entire iTunes folder to another drive but an internal drive. And as opposed to moving the files, is there a way to simply install them that way when downloading a new copy of iTunes (rather than installing then moving the files)?
Also, in the Make a Split Library Portable document you linked, it sawy that any media files outside of the media folder will need to be consolidated. Since I am starting from scratch, I assume there will be no files there yet to consloidate. Or would this be the files I backed up and restored (apps, data,etc...) in step 2?
As for manipulations you mention, are any of these necessary in my case if I am not moving a library but rather creating a new library on a different drive? I assume once the
Or, in short, how can I simply install (or move) the entire iTunes folder to my E drive and then compile the library with music? And if you don't mind, could you be pretty detailed on moving/installing both the library database and the media folder on the new drive? I got confused about renaming, root drives, etc...
Or am I overthinking this and it is as simple as downloading iTunes (to the C drive)> copying the iTunes Media folder (and all contents)>pasting that folder in my E drive> going back and deleting the original iTunes Media folder in the C drive> then re-opening iTunes +shift key to point to the new iTunes Media folder on the E drive?
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