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    iTunes and Smartbay HDD Problem

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by evilwill32, May 5, 2008.

  1. evilwill32

    evilwill32 Notebook Guru

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    I bought an m15x in the UK with the 320GB 5400rpm Smartbay HDD. I have put my iTunes music folder on the Smartbay HDD,so iTunes won't play my music unless I have the HDD slotted in. However, I have installed iTunes only on my laptop and not the Smartbay HDD. The problem is, when I plug the HDD in, open iTunes on the m15x internal hard disk and play a song, all the songs stay at 0:00 without playing. I need to close iTunes, open it again and retry playing the songs before they play. How do I solve this rather irritating issue?
     
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  2. Alienwarez

    Alienwarez Notebook Evangelist

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    It seems like a software problem rather than the m15x. It's just not recognising the the drive and auto refreshing properly.
     
    Alienwarez, May 5, 2008
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    Riebart Notebook Enthusiast

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    That sounds right. Typically it will take some time before all applications recognize a smart bay HDD (or in my case, a USB hdd). perhaps wait until the smart bay HDD appears in My Computer before opening iTunes? Just a suggestion, not really sure what to do with this problem. Sorry I can't be of more help.
     
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  4. Oodle-Bear

    Oodle-Bear Alienware Mug, Testpilot

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    Evilwill32,
    I use iTunes with my work laptop which is C**p (",) but, as i have 99+Gb of music alone, i use an external HDD (WD 320Gb).

    If you go into the Preferences and then the Advanced tab, you can select your smart-bay or external drive, which im sure you have done. This will sork fine however, If you use iTunes and do not have your external or smart-bay drive ready to be used (displayed in My Computer ad a drive) BEFORE running iTunes, when you add music or try and play something from your library, iTunes will use it's default settings... My Documents/My Music/Itunes/Itunes Music...

    My advice is make sure windows know's it can use the drive where your music is stored, before you try and use it (",)

    OB
     
    Oodle-Bear, May 5, 2008
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