Installing Itunes comletely to an external hardrive

My c drive is full, so i copied all my music files to my external hardrive..
what i want to do is install itunes on my external hardrive and run itunes just from the external hardrive. What i did was uninstall itunes on my c drive, and reinstalled and specified my external hardrive but when it is done installing it still shows in my My documents itunes folder in the c drive..even tho it installs to my external hardrive..
At first I tried changing the original i tunes under preferences to save all the files to the external hardrive, and unchecking copy files to itunes folder.
but when i put songs in , it still saved to the c drive..
please help i am finding this very frustrating.

Hi, do you know if this works if I then want to move my library to a new computer as that is my main intention bacause my old computer hasn't got enough space for me to add new albums so I want to ditch the computer (its got to be about 100 years old and doesn't seem to cope well with modern technology!!) and start using my laptop for my iTunes. I am at the point now where i'm ready to throw both my computer and iPod out the window!!!! I might point out as well that in trying to clear space on my computer I accidently deleted the Bonjour programme which is aparently needed to use the home share option, oops!!!!
Thanks, Kerry

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Just move your music to the exHD. Let the itunes.exe program stay on your hard drive.
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Howzit.
I need help, my memory capacity is FULL, i would like to run my itunes and iphoto options (completely) through an external hardrive to free up space on my mac.
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iTunes is simpler than iPhoto at doing this, as it has the ability in its preferences to use a different folder for organizing music. However, I would warn against doing this, as external hard drives have been known in the past to disconnect, and have problems with Spotlight indexing a lot more frequently than with internal drives. Also to add to that, it makes backing up such files harder as a simple clone of your internal drive won't backup the files you move to the external. You'll have to manually backup those files elsewhere whether DVD, or a second external hard drive. Here's my FAQ on backing up:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
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Hi, do you know if this works if I then want to move my library to a new computer as that is my main intention bacause my old computer hasn't got enough space for me to add new albums so I want to ditch the computer (its got to be about 100 years old and doesn't seem to cope well with modern technology!!) and start using my laptop for my iTunes. I am at the point now where i'm ready to throw both my computer and iPod out the window!!!! I might point out as well that in trying to clear space on my computer I accidently deleted the Bonjour programme which is aparently needed to use the home share option, oops!!!!
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The easiest and most efficient way to copy your music is to follow the steps under the External drive section. Make sure that you have organized the iTunes library first before you copy it over. Then put the copied iTunes folder in the same Music folder on your computer.
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4527
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Product
iTunes
Problem
Stopped working
Date
4/19/2014 9:38 PM
Status
Report Sent
Problem signature
Problem Event Name:      APPCRASH
Application Name:           iTunes.exe
Application Version:         11.1.5.5
Application Timestamp:   53073d6a
Fault Module Name:        ntdll.dll
Fault Module Version:      6.0.6000.16386
Fault Module Timestamp:                4549bdc9
Exception Code:                c0000005
Exception Offset:              00062086
OS Version:        6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID:           1033
Additional Information 1:                8d13
Additional Information 2:                cdca9b1d21d12b77d84f02df48e34311
Additional Information 3:                8d13
Additional Information 4:                cdca9b1d21d12b77d84f02df48e34311
Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID:          95851104
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Hey jcaqualung,
Thanks for the question. I understand that you are experiencing issues with iTunes on your Windows Vista machine. The following resource may provide a solution. I would also recommend installing iTunes on the internal hard drive of your computer, as opposed to the external drive.
iTunes for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8: Fix unexpected quits or launch issues
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1717
Thanks,
Matt M.

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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

Installing Itunes comletely to an external hardrive

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