Itunes purchases not on Mac hard drive . . .

I have a very full 100 gb hard drive on my laptop (PowerBook G4) and an 80GB hard drive with lots of spare room on my iPod (classic). I have a fare amount of video content that I have purchased from itunes, but I do not have room for all of it on my hard drive (it is backed up on an external hard drive). Is there any way to keep the content on the iPod even though it is NOT on my computers hard drive? As it stands now, when I sync my iPod anything that was removed from my computers hard drive is removed from my ipod.
thanks for any help you can offer.

You can do this by switching to Manual sync mode in iTunes... however, if you do, I would frankly expect you to be back here in about six months with an "I lost everything!" post.
That is, I don't think it's a very safe idea... as an alternative, you could get an external hard drive and move your iTunes Library onto there, or at least burn backups of your files to CD/DVD before you delete them from your computer.

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EDIT:
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We would like to move our Itunes library from our G5 that is on a external hard drive to another external hard drive that is Windows based to use on our other computer that runs Windows 7. We will not be moving it back to the G5. The hard drive contains over 700 GB of music on it. Is there any way to do this ? Any software ? I looked for answers but could not find any. Thanks in advance for your help.

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Craig H100 wrote:
Thanks. Realized something though...on the old computer, Windows XP had a problem (R6034) that prevented iTunes from opening or upgrading.
For general advice see Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates.
The steps in the second box are a guide to removing everything related to iTunes and then rebuilding it which is often a good starting point unless the symptoms indicate a more specific approach. Review the other boxes and the list of support documents further down page in case one of them applies.
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tt2

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Let me begin by saying I'm new to the Mac world as well as to the realm of online forums so I apologize if this is a question that was already asked and/or if it is a very noobish question...
But anyway, I just recently got the new Macbook Pro 15" with RD and I am curious if I can keep all of my Itunes media on an external hard drive without keeping any of it on the Macbook itself and have Itunes still function (when the HD is connected of course). I am trying to keep the computer memory clutter free and not fill it up with music and stuff so I want to keep all of my media on a 1T Buffalo external hard drive so the computer stays like brand new for a long time..Right now I have about 5G worth of music on my hard drive and I thought it was only on the hard drive and I just recently found out that it is also within the music folder on the computer itself. Any thoughts? Sorry if it is an odd question, I can try to rephrase the question if need be. Any tips or advice is greatly appreciated, Thanks!

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iTunes: How to move [or copy] your music [library] to a new computer [or another drive] - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527 - a somewhat bewildering and not always easily understandable set of options.
For the record there's this reference for iTunes 11 but it really doesn't strike me as having the specifics you need. iTunes 11 for Mac: Move your library to another computer - http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12168
2011 ilounge article: Transferring your iTunes library - http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/moving-your-itunes-library-to -a-new-hard-drive/ - An article with good background information (similar to the links above), particularly if you are not sure your media files are all grouped for quick answer above. Unfortunately under the single term "transferring library" it describes two very different moves; relocating just your media (not really transferring your library and not recommended unless you really need this configuration), and relocating media+database (really your whole "library"). Make sure you understand the difference before electing to move only media.

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Are the movies in the correct format:
Video formats
H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
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Add files to your library without adding them to your iTunes folder
When you add an item already on your computer to your iTunes library, iTunes places a copy of the file in your iTunes folder. The original file remains in its current location.
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iTunes 12 for Mac: Change where your iTunes files are stored
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