Secondary drive storage and retrival

Hello, I've attempted to save music (and itunes) on a recently installed drive. After I copy everything from 10GBprimary to 2ndary drive I erase files and free up space on primary drive. This erases everything copied onto 2ndary as well. apple tech explained to me that what I should do is copy and paste data from one drive to another and not simply drag folder over, that didn't work? Then I was told the 2ndary drive needs operating sys. to run itunes and also that partitioning would combine both drives? After some research and another phone conversation with Apple tech this was contradicted? At this point I'm confused and frustrated. what do to do? I just want to free up primary drive of music (and itunes) and store it on 2ndary drive? is this possible? Thank you. jp
g4agpsawtooth Mac OS X (10.4.6) upgrade 1.6 prcssr/mem, max/2nd drive 120 GB

Hi, jpok, and welcome to the Discussions!
Here's a workable approach to moving and maintaining your iTunes Music on another drive:
From your Home Folder, navigate to the Music Folder, the iTunes folder, and then to the iTunes Music Folder. Drag or copy/paste this folder to your other drive, which will copy it there. (Don't command drag to move it without copying, it's risky.) Leave the iTunes Library and its xml file right where they are in the iTunes folder. After the copy is completed, drag your original iTunes Folder to your desktop for temporary safekeeping.
Next, launch iTunes. From the iTunes Menubar, choose Preferences... , which will bring up a popup window. Click on the Advanced icon in the window's toolbar. Select the "General" tab there, and in the section that says iTunes Music folder location, check the two boxes there and then click on the "Change..." button. In the window that appears, navigate to your other drive, find and highlight the iTunes Music Folder there and click "Choose". Your iTunes music should now be completely accessible from iTunes on the primary drive. Moreover, any music files added to iTunes will automatically be placed in the iTunes Music folder on the second drive, rather than your primary drive.
Quit and relaunch iTunes and check the results, insuring that all went well. Highlight one of the songs in the iTunes window, go to the Menubar and select File>Show Song File. Notice that the song file is now referenced to the second drive. When you're satisfied, drag the original iTunes Music folder that you dragged to your desktop into the trash, emptying the trash. You're done. Enjoy!
If you have any questions or concerns, please post back.
Gary
ps: Have you considered moving your entire startup volume to the 120GB drive? It's easily done by cloning it there. If you're interested, post back.

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