If i reinstall startup disk will i lose my itunes playlist

If i reinstall startup disk to give me more space will i lose my itunes

If you erase the disk then you will lose everything unless you have all your data backed up. However, if you merely do an Archive and Install then your data will not be erased, but this will not save space on the drive. In fact it will end up using about another 10 GBs of space.

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I have to wipe my computer and reload Windows XP because of a software problem (on Dell's advice). I am not sure what to do to keep my itunes playlist, several of which I purchased off itunes. Can I save itunes folder and if so what should I save it on?
Thanks. Need an answer soon.

Yes you will lose everything, so you must save anything you want to keep.
The easiest thing if you have and external HD is to save your iTune folder to it, assuming all your music is in the default loaction.
iTunes 7 also has a backup to DVD feature.
You can also use your iPod, here is an article about using your iPod to move to a new computer, which your new istallation effectively is.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300173
I wouldn't recommend using this as there is no backup if the iPod fails.

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When I attempt to open iphoto, I get the loading icon in the working space/picture area. If I try to reinstall ilife '11, will I lose any pictures? Where, on the hard drive, are all my pictures actually stored?

You won't lose anything because you have a back up, right?
Most Simple Back Up
Drag the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to another Disk. This will make a copy on that disk.
Slightly more complex:
Use an app that will do incremental back ups. This is a very good way to work. The first time you run the back up the app will make a complete copy of the Library. Thereafter it will update the back up with the changes you have made. That makes subsequent back ups much faster. Many of these apps also have scheduling capabilities: So set it up and it will do the back up automatically. Examples of such apps: Chronosync or DejaVu . But are many others. Search on MacUpdate
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one. .
Regards
TD

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I can't open (launch) iTunes. If I uninstall then reinstall will I lose my iTunes purchases?

Hi Reeve7,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
In Windows 8, you should make sure you can find your iTunes library files, and you may want to backup to a different location. After that, reinstalling should fix the problem.
Good luck,
-Marcus

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My external devices which are startup disks will not start when connected to my iMac, although it appears in the bootable drive selections after the chime sound, using the option (Alt) key. I get the bootable drive selections and when selecting it all I get is a gray screen with the apple logo and that is it. No matter how long I wait the start up does not happen. I am sure that the external device is not damaged because there is no problem to use it as a startup device when connected to my MacBook Pro.
Otherwise the devices work as they should. If I connect them to my iMac then they will appear on the desktop, etc. The only thing which does not work is that they cannot be used as startup disks, even though they work fine as startup disks if connected to my MacBook Pro.

Based on your description it is very hard to tell what is going on.
You appear to have an i7 iMac. That model was delivered with Snow Leopard (10.6.x).
My guess is that your external disks may have a version of OS X that predates the version supplied with your new iMac. You cannot run an earlier version of OS X than what was delivered with your Mac.

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Hi DDay@55,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
To resolve this error, I recommend completely removing and reinstalling iTunes and all of its related components using these steps:
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Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes and C:\Program Files\iTunes and look for .dll files.
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Reboot your computer.
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Re-download and reinstall iTunes 11.1.4.
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iTunes 11.1.4 for Windows: Unable to install or open
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8Ring wrote:
Hello Everyone:
Following Ken's suggestion, I created a new catalog and loaded photos from my earlier files. I've got about 1,000 photos in the new catalog so far and it works fine.
As of this morning, working with the existing catalog was almost hopeless; it hung whenever I clicked any option on the taskbar and trying to back it up to a CD was hopeless.
I guess my only question is how to I prevent the new catalog from becoming corrupted.
Thanks again for the help and useful suggestions.
Chris
You are right, preventing the catalog from being corrupted is better than trying to cure the problems. The main idea is never to move, rename or delete files outside the Organizer as you know, but here, changing disks outside the organizer is similar. You know the 'GIGO' (garbage in, garbage out) principle. Here, it is slightly different. The internal structure of the database maybe perfectly clean, but the environment has changed and the sofware to feed the database with the correct data has failed. In my opinion, that would happen with LR or other database DAMs as well.
You can identify the situations where this can arise, particularly with external disks or moving to new computers, as well as changing OS or PSE versions. In those cases, writing the metadata to files and creating an organizer backup will both provide you with adequate support in case of transfer problem. For the backup of huge catalogs, external software may have big advantages if used intelligently, but in the former cases, having an organizer backup is the safest way. I have found that the best way to be certain a catalog is 100% ok is a backup (files and catalog) and restore to another computer. Other problems such as corrupted or unknown file types are spotted. That's the way I use to transfer my catalogs and images to another computer.
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