Restoring iTunes after computer failure

Hi,

I am just setting up my new Windows 7 PC following the complete failure of my old XP PC.

I have a decent set of backups (but not an iTunes specific backup) and I have basically set up my data as it was on the old PC (same driveletters etc). I have loaded iTunes and it seems to be working OK - apart from the fact that it is empty!

I think that all I need to do to set it up again is to copy the old My Music info (iTunes + extra library info) into the Music Library and I should be back where I started. As a precaution, I would obviously save a copy of what is there currently.

Please advise.

It would also be helpful if you could suggest a more iTunes specific backup strategy additional to what I already do.

Thanks

 

Hi

Thanks for the suggestion but since I had not had a reply, I did what I said in my original post. It worked OK as when I started iTunes again I had everything back as I left it on the old PC and my wife was able to do as she as always done to change to her library.