Reinstalling Itunes On A New Pc

[mjulian]

Can anyone please help me? I have a new pc and my itunes automatic login has disappeared. All the music is still on my ipod but when I plug it in, I'm told that the itunes library no longer exists. How can I reinstall this without losing everything?!

Many thanks in advance for any help.

[Haggisdj]

Hi mjulian, thisis from memeory so may be a wee bit inaccurate. You have to Authorise your PC to use your account and then Autorise the ipod to use the new PC. You can do this from the iTunes menu, hope this helps.

[sp1814]

mjulian

Where is your actual library? Is it on an offboard storage device? If so, what you need to do is plug it into your new PC, and then you need to point iTunes to it. Click on:

edit > preferences > advanced

Then in the box that reads 'iTunes media folder location' navigate to your offboard device.

Then close iTunes, leaving (your offboard device plugged in), then open it again, and your library should appear.

If you have playlists and ratings, let me know - because to get those back is a different task.

[mjulian]

My itunes library has been transferred on to my pc - but looks like a list of words - not legible! When I plug my ipod in, it charges up but does not open Itunes up. I thought about trying to reinstall itunes BUT didn't want to lose all my music!

[woofgang]

If it is purchased music, you have to authorise the computer through the itunes store. You may also need to download your purchases again If it is music added from other sources, you need to add that music again from wherever it is stored. If you are seeing it greyed out it means that the computer is reading the info off your ipod but cannot marry it to music that it has stored on its own drives, this is to stop folk just passing music around by loading it onto an ipod then loading it onto any computer they fancy. If you are getting rid of the old computer don't forget to deauthorise it.

[mjulian]

Sorry for the delay but just wanted to thank you all for your help. I now have 2 new pcs - one at work and one at home - so will attempt to reload itunes on both! If I get stuck, wolfgang, I will come back to you!
thanks again everyone.