How can I move my iTunes library to an external hard disk?

I purchased an external hard disc to move iTunes and my music library (some 25GB so far) to it and clear space on my C: drive (I have less than 1 GB free space left!).


Poblem 1: iTunes refuses to install on the external drive. It assumes that I want to "repair" the software installed on the C: drive and, of course, finds no problem. But it does not give me the option to install it on the external drive.


Problem 2: Then, I want to move at least the huge music library to the external drive. The music files move but some files (apparently Roxio files associated with iTunes) will not move with them.


The music library has saturated my C: drive and I can't install new software. Please help me. There must be a way to do this. I would prefer to have the software AND the music library on the external disk but if I could move the only the library and be sure that I can safely delete it from the C: drive I'll be happy.

How can I move my iTunes library to an external hard disk?
first of all you will have to keep itunes on the c: drive. now creat a folder on the external drive and move all the songs into that folder. note: do not move the folder. just the songs in the folder. after its done delet the music folder from the c: drive. now open itunes and go to preferences and then click on advanced. now change the itunes music folder location to the folder on your external drive and click ok. itunes will automatically sync with the folder and voila you've got your songs playing on itunes again. but mind you anytime the external drive name changes from say drive f: to l:, you will have to go into the itunes option and reselect the drive name and folder all over again.
Reply:That was great!!! And clear. I thought I would never get this thing right. Thank You p_whips! Report It

Reply:You could try to copy your songs in the external drive then leave the iTunes software in the hard drive. When you want to listen to the song just go through from you external drive.
Reply:figure out where it stored at on your hard drive nad then cut and paste to your external...