Can Itunes and Music play on a separate drive??

WeezleXX89 · 01-29-12, 07:09 PM

hey guys my parents were wondering if they can have itunes and music play on a separate drive so virus scans go faster. My parents have 80GB of music. We know the music cant get viruses. They have bitlocker for windows 7 Ultimate. they wanted the music on a separate drive 100GB partition. Is this possible to speed up virus scans.

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manu2b · 01-29-12, 07:11 PM

Do you mean the music on a different drive than iTune?

MattNo5ss · 01-29-12, 07:18 PM

Yeah, you can have the music on a separate drive. I have iTunes on my SSD and my music on a HDD.

Put your music on the drive/partition you want, then change the iTunes Media folder directory by going to Edit > Preferences > Advanced tab

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WeezleXX89 · 01-29-12, 07:22 PM

ok thanks guys. Why couldnt I think of it. Im gonna have the music on a separate partition with bitlocker. As long as the drives unlocked i should play it right?

manu2b · 01-29-12, 07:43 PM

As Matt says.

Mr Alpha · 01-30-12, 05:58 AM

I should point out that there viruses can infect music files. I know of at least one worm that infect audio files.

01-29-12, 07:09 PM	Thread Starter #1
WeezleXX89 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Earth	Can Itunes and Music play on a separate drive?? hey guys my parents were wondering if they can have itunes and music play on a separate drive so virus scans go faster. My parents have 80GB of music. We know the music cant get viruses. They have bitlocker for windows 7 Ultimate. they wanted the music on a separate drive 100GB partition. Is this possible to speed up virus scans. Thanx, __________________ Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 125W Dual-Core Processor CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel OCZ GameXStream 700W ATX12V Power Supply XFX GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 DVD RW IDE Combo Drive http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=60257
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MattNo5ss b4n4n4 dr4g0n d00m3d m0d3r4t0r Overclockers.com Editor Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: AL	Yeah, you can have the music on a separate drive. I have iTunes on my SSD and my music on a HDD. Put your music on the drive/partition you want, then change the iTunes Media folder directory by going to Edit > Preferences > Advanced tab __________________ i7 3770K \| ASUS Maximus V Gene \| 4x2GB Dominator GT DDR3-1600 6-6-6-20 \| EVGA GTX780 SC ACX \| 256GB OCZ Vertex 4 \| SeaSonic X750 E8700/E6750/P4 631 \| Rampage Extreme & EP45T-Extreme & Commando \| DDR2 D9 or any DDR3 \| 1 of 20ish GPUs \| 50GB OCZ Vertex 2 \| SeaSonic SS-1000XP O/C Author Profile \| HWBot Profile \| Heatware (92-0-0) \m/ OverClockers mATX L33T Club \m/ Projects: Copper-Framed, MDF Station \| PVC-Framed, MDF Station \| Custom Cascade Cart/Case \| Untitled TJ07 Build
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01-29-12, 07:22 PM	Thread Starter #4
WeezleXX89 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Earth	ok thanks guys. Why couldnt I think of it. Im gonna have the music on a separate partition with bitlocker. As long as the drives unlocked i should play it right? __________________ Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 125W Dual-Core Processor CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel OCZ GameXStream 700W ATX12V Power Supply XFX GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 DVD RW IDE Combo Drive http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=60257 Last edited by WeezleXX89; 01-29-12 at 07:32 PM. Reason: Got my answer thanks guys.
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01-30-12, 05:58 AM	#6
Mr Alpha Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006	I should point out that there viruses can infect music files. I know of at least one worm that infect audio files.
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