Possible to move 1/2 of library to ext. HD?

Hi,
My powerbook is full... I'd like to move a chunk of my music over to my external harddrive but retain my favourite stuff on the laptop for portability. I'd really rather not lose my ratings and playlists. Calling all clever people out there... any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Jamie

In theory, if you are NOT "Copying Music Files To Computer When Adding To Library", then the files themselves can reside anywhere. The Library ends up just a list of pointers so to speak.
So conceivably, one could add tunes to his/her library from a external HD, and as long as it is mounted before trying to play a song in the library who's data file is on the remote drive, all should be good.
As for moving a chunk over, that is easy. Retaining the play-counts, etc... I am not sure how to deal with that.
Beavis2084

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