Re: [Apple iPod] Duplicate titles in library

I think you have caused the duplicates by loading your music and then
installing iTunes. You have simply made work for yourself when iTunes can do
it all. I would:-

Delete every song in iTunes on the PC. (Select all, delete, confirm Remove,
Move to Trash/Recycle Bin). Empty the Trash.

In iTunes Preferences > Advanced > General, ensure that you have
Keep iTunes Music Folder organized and
Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library
selected. OK that to save the changes, if any.

Connect the external drive. Using iTunes > File > Add to Library, navigate
to the top-level music folder on the external and select it. iTunes will now
copy all the files to the PC in the normal Artist > Album > Song structure.
There will be no duplicates unless you had some to start with.

Otto

2008/8/27 KathyB <kboggess1@tampabay.rr.com>

> I've searched the messages for info on duplicate records and possible
> fixes, but before I do anything, I'd like to run this by you all and
> see if I'm on the right track.
>
> When I set up my new PC (with XP), I loaded all my data and music
> files before connecting to the internet. Once connected, I downloaded
> I-Tunes, and it set up the library but now every song is listed
> twice. Following suggestions from messages in this group, I added the
> date column and then sorted by date. When I click on the record with
> the oldest date, it can't be found, but all the new dates are found.
>
> My plan, and please tell me if I'm off base, is to sort by date and
> then delete all the older dates. That should just leave me with a
> single iteration of each title. If it doesn't work, I can just delete
> the whole thing and reload from my external drive.
>
> Any other suggestions or ideas appreciated.

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