Install iTunes After Re-Installing Windows 7
I am going to be reinstalling Win7 from scratch. I will wipe everything out and reinstall. What do I have to backup or make copies of, so that I can keep all my iTunes stuff?
I've looked to see where my Media folder location is. I have music and audio books as my primary media assets. When I look in this folder I see some music and some audio books, but not all. I can understand the music since I had a bunch of ripped CDs that I added to the library and did not have them copied in. I thought my audible books were all under control of audible, but I see some of them in the iTunes media folder, but not all.
I've noticed that when I download an audible book using audible software, it is automatically added to the itunes library.
I am trying to figure out what filies/folders I should backup to minimize the work of returning my iTunes to what it looks like now.
BTW, I am doing ther reinstall of Windows 7 because I'm running 32bit and want 64bit. I'm not sure if the Win install would just allow me to "upgrade" but I figure tthis is a good opportunity to clean out a lot of crap.
BTW, I currently have 3 devices that sync wiht iTunes: 2 iPhones and one iPod.
I just noticed I have on another drive the following directories:
E:\iTunes\Music\Audiobooks
E:\iTunes\Music\Music
These libraries contain the missing audiobooks and music, or at least appear to. I haven't crosschecked to see that everything is there. I wonder why I have this data there? I don't see a place in iTunes to configure it to look there.
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then restarted as per instructions,
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did not get a save instead of run prompt
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troubleshooting no better
please help. pulling my hair out at this stage
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XP instructions in the following document: How to perform disk error checking in Windows XP
Vista instructions in the following document: Check your hard disk for errors
Windows 7 instructions in the following document: How to use CHKDSK (Check Disk)
Windows 8 instructions in the following document: Disk Error Checking in Windows 8
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MP3 files not showing in iTunes after importing from Windows PC
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Itunes library unable to sync after upgrading to Windows 8
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My ipod nano is no longer recognized by itunes after I installed windows 8.1. The ipod nano still is recognized and works with a Windows 7 computer
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iPod not recognized in My Computer and in iTunes for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1369
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iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
Cheers,
Jason H. -
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Click here and follow the instructions.
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I am unable to download iTunes on my second Windows 8 computer (64 bit). I got it fine on my first one and have used it quite a bit. After downloading the program and installing it on the second computer, I keep getting this error message: "Apple Mobile Device Failed to Start." This happens when when my IPhone 5c is connected via Wi-Fi and I have clicked on "Trust This Computer." (I have tried to install several times-- It gets hung up when it reaches"Starting Services.")
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iTunes
Apple Software Update
Apple Mobile Device Support
Bonjour
Apple Application Support
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Doublechecking first:
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ITunes Error 7 (Windows error 127) after installing iTunes 64-bit for Windows
After installing iTunes 64-bit for Windows (latest build), I get an error pop-up saying:
iTunes was not installed correctly. Please reinstall iTunes
Error 7 (Windows error 127)
I've gone thru the uninstall, reboot and reinstall process three or four times now. Still nothing.
Furthermore, after clicking okay to the error, it continues to pop up on it's own every 45 seconds or so.
There was one other error I came across after trying to launch iTunes after installation.
See both error messages here:
http://screencast.com/t/DSg4PpKF5BeXBrilliant. Thanks a lot. I've wasted a couple of hours on this nasty bug, & trying all the other suggestions across various threads again and again.
I now find I had the same registry entry hanging on, despite uninstalling & wiping everything again and again. Having now deleted this key, (I don't even have an iPod), & iTunes 11.1.14 now opens at long last.
But WHY is this bug not fixed? Enough people are suffering with this across the forum. WHERE is Apple support on this?
It should have been added to their page at
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1923
by now, why hasn't it???
It's not good enough!
Re:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDlls]
"C:\\Program Files\\iPod\\bin\\iPodService.exe"=dword:80000000
AHA! This entry for iPodService.exe still exhisted. So I had no folders on the PC, no installs on the PC and no services running.... BUT this was still in the Registry.
Step 5 - Delete only the Registry entry above. NO REBOOT
Step 6 - Reinstall iTunes64.exe -
I've installed itunes twice. It worked the first time but after I restarted my computer it kept giving me this message: Itunes was not correctly installed. Please reinstall itunes. Error 7 (Windows error 127). What's wrong?
See the second box in Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates.
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