Transfering Album Artwork and Play Counts

I'm about to buy a new computer but want to make sure that when I install iTunes that I can take the play counts and album art work from my old computer and transfer them to the new one. My music is on an external hard drive and isn't an issue.

OK, so your music files are on an EHD. Is folder where your music files are located on the EHD the designated "iTunes Music" folder?
The location of the "iTunes Music" folder is set in Edit>>Preferences>>advanced>>General.
You need to have all your music files in the designated iTunes Music folder if you want a trouble free transfer. If this is not the case, you need to sort it out before the transfer. Ask if you need help with this.
Next what is the location of your iTunes folder? By default it is in My Music on the c:drive, but some people with EHDs have it on the EHD.
Assuming you have the default loaction...
The iTunes folder contains the library database files and the album artwork folder, so it will need to be transferred. The best way to do this is to install iTunes on the new PC, then drag the iTunes folder that was created out to of Music the desk top and replace it with the one from the old PC.
You will probably have to adjust the permissions of the copied iTunes folder to give your account full control or Vista may not grant the new account write access.
Then with the EHD plugged in, start iTunes and set the location of the iTunes Music folder in preferences.
If you want to copy the music to the new computer after you have everything working on the new computer, you can set the loaction of the iTunes Music folder back to iTunes Music in the iTunes folder on the c: drive and then consolidate. This will copy the files across.
P.S. For info:
Here is the Apple help on migrating using an iPod:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1329?viewlocale=en_US
They are using the iPod as an EHD but the difference from your situation is that they assume a default set up with the iTunes Music folder in the iTunes folder on the c: drive.
Message was edited by: polydorus

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