Storing music on hard drive

Hi All
is there any way I can deleat the actaul music file from the hard drive, as the music library take too much space on the hard drive, without deleat the file from itunes/ipod.
Thnx

Hi All
is there any way I can deleat the actaul music file from the hard drive, as the music library take too much space on the hard drive, without deleat the file from itunes/ipod.
Thnx

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