Question: Do I need to do anything with iTunes on a computer that won't boot Windows, and gets a fresh XP install? Daughter of a friend has crashed her laptop and Windows is not recoverable. I can however still access the hard drive. She has iTunes and songs on the drive. If I reinstall Windows what effect will that have on the iTunes installation?  \nWill I need to do anything extra? I understand that I'll need to authorize the new install, but I though I'd read somewhere about backup of iTunes stuff, but I can't find it now.

Answer: If you can access the drive just copy the whole itunes folder and when you do a fresh install replace the folder whence it came (just take note of whre it was located)\nAlways best to do a format and a completely clean install otherwise you may just inherit the problem that caused the crash in the first place
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