What is the best way to back-up my entire library, and How??
I need to back up my library before somethings happens!! What is the best way to do that? Also how do you restore it back on your itunes???
My 2 cents...
Fast backup for iTunes library (Windows)
Grab SyncToy 2.1, a free tool from MS. This can be used to copy your entire iTunes library (& other important data folders) onto another hard drive or network share. You can then use SyncToy periodically to synchronise or echo your library to the backup. A preview will show which files need to be updated giving you a chance to spot unexpected changes and during the run only the new or updated files will be copied saving lots of time.
If your media is all organised below the main iTunes folder then you should also be able to open the backup library on any system running the same version of iTunes, regardless of the drive letter or path it appears on.
Step-by-step install guide
You restore files simply by copying them back to where they are missing from, or copy back the entire folder in the event of a major disaster.
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The first response pretty much covers it. Time Machine is a great backup for restoring individual files or folders. It can also be used as a full system restore, but you cannot boot from a TM backup and run the computer from it. You can do that from a clone, which can be useful should your hard drive fail utterly.
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http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html
http://www.bombich.com/
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