# Fixing Itunes Library files?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixing-itunes-library-files/408832>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 21, 2007, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixing-itunes-library-files/408832 "2007-06-21T10:55:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixing-itunes-library-files/408832/1 "2007-06-21T10:55:40Z")

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We have about half of our iTunes library on an external hard drive vs the computer’s C drive. Once, a while back, the computer did not recognize the external drive; I happened to sync the iPod, and it “forgot” the location of all those files. When I reconnected the drive, the computer recognized the drive but iTunes did not. I had to go through each and every song it couldn’t find and manually reset the links.

So I did it to myself again. This time because I needed to reset the drive letter for that external drive.

Aha, I thought, I can just edit the “itunes music library” file and change all the “G:”  
references to “F:”. Unfortunately, that didn’t work. The “Itunes library” file is a data file that can’t really be edited.

Any tricks to ease the “manually rebuild Every. Frickin’. Link” step?

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**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixing-itunes-library-files/408832/2 "2007-06-21T12:36:44Z")

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In itunes did you try edit\>preferences\>advanced\>itunes music folder location to pick the drive and folder?