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Why do I still hear the Music on my PC ?

I have been ripping my CD's to an external hard drive for some time now. I think I have completed about 1200 CD's.

Today, without the Hard Drive connected to my PC I double clicked on one of my I Tunes listed songs and the song started to play!

So, is the music still on my Computers internal Hardrive?
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I have been working with Win 7 now since beta and it's pretty twisted. As mentioned above, a quick tip to find old features or files is to click the start button and in the "search programs and files" box just above the button, type in what you are looking for. It will find a lot of the old functions now buried deep in new menus. It can also find data files. The first thing I did was turn off UAC (user access control) and that disables some of the security ... I don’t recommend this for a heavy internet use box but for a music player it gives you a little more freedom. Just search on UAC and you can adjust a slider depending on how secure you want things. I hate to say it but I gave up on iTunes and switched to dBpoweramp to rip FLAC files. It has all the power of EAC and none of the headaches. You can specify where to put the files how you want the directory structure setup and the files named – it tags the FLAC files and pulls down album art.

Some still like the look and feel of iTunes but I didn’t appreciate the way it takes over. The lack of file support and constant updating was the final straw for me. If you are used to iTunes and love the look and feel it’s got some slick features but as a computer tech I have “control” issues and prefer a more straight forward approach. Watch the updates on iTunes ... it can at times reset certain adjusted settings like file storage paths. I imagine that might be how your music got rerouted. If I am going to spend hours ripping CD’s (4000 at last count) I want to know where everything is at and how it all works. Lots of sharp Windows and Mac people on this forum and I have picked up more than a few tips Keep em coming. Remember just because I do something one way doesnt make it law ... the more complicated these systems become the more variations are created to do something. Beware the "THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT" solutions. different comfort levels create different trains of thought.

PS – One last tip and it’s an old one. Buy a second or third drive and get everything backed up. I have 4, 2TB drives just for music. I keep copies of the library at home and at work. I hate to say it but I have had to use the backups twice now and they have saved me.

BACKUP .... BACKUP ... BACKUP
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