Just to clarify - upgrading an external hard drive

[jive]

At the moment I have a 250Gb External Hard Drive that has my iTunes on it. I've just bought a 500Gb HD to replace it, once the new HD is set up etc do I just change the folder in my iTunes Prefs to move all my media on to it?


It should be a pretty simple operation yeah? I just don't want to accidentally delete 240Gb of media - that'd make me quite sad.

 

[chas0001]

This article may be of use : http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/moving-your-itunes-library-to-a-new-hard-drive

I personally would make a backup of the existing hard drive first.

 

[wordmunger]

Wow, if you've completely filled a 250 GB HD, I wouldn't recommend just getting a 500 GB to replace it. You'll fill it in no time. Why not get a 750 GB for $20 or so more? Or even a 1TB HD, which can be had for less than $200 these days?

To answer your question, I don't think just changing your iTunes prefs will do it. You've got to physically copy everything over. (and see the article chas0001 linked -- looks like a pretty thorough description of what's involved)

 

[jive]

500Gb = £55

1Tb = £120


I'll buy another when I need it. Small and often > big and rarely imo.