Transfering files ???

[isufan]

Hello eveyone, I have recently bought a external hardrive to have all of my limewire downloads go to as I dont want to lose anything when having to reinstall windows. I have brought it to a friends house and dragged my shared folder into his shared folder and then dragged them into his media player and itunes. Everything works fine until I unplug the external hardrive from his pc then it says cannot find the file. I look in his shared folder and they are in there.
Any help would be awesome. Thanks in advance.
isufan

[Only A Hobo]

It may be that you should select the files from your folder and drag the files ... rather than the complete folder to the other computer. Just a thought, and if you or they are running Vista, the issue may be a different one and I am not an expert at all on this new er innovation :) ......

[isufan]

Yeah I have tried doing that too and still it wont play them unless the external is hooked up. I dont get it . It should have all the information that it needs to play.

[Only A Hobo]

Are you quite sure you are transfering the FILES ..which I assume are mp3 or are you perhaps transfering m3u files which are simply playlist listings?

[isufan]

I looked under details and they say they are mp3 format music. Most files are 2 and 3 meg. So assuming that they are legit music files if they are that big. 200 some songs and total of the folder is 7 gig.

[Only A Hobo]

With your external drive disconnected, and Limewire switched off (just to avoid any confusion), go to iTunes>file>add to library. Browse for the files, which you have confirmed are on your friends computer, and add them to the iTunes library. I think this should solve the problem.

I suspect that at the moment your friend's iTunes thinks the files are on the external drive, and will continue to think so unless instructed otherwise.

I hope this helps :)