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<blockquote data-quote="spock999" data-source="post: 1621562" data-attributes="member: 302396">Just to round this thread off, I have sorted the problem OK.I only had 5.5Gb of free space on my Windows 7 SSD 120GB system drive and iTunes insists on backing up to it.I now have 46.3Gb of free space on the SSD and iTunes is backing up to one of my hard drives. Very pleased with the result.I have done just the 2 things within Windows which relate directly to iTunes:1.&nbsp; I moved my iTunes library onto the hard drive saving around 30GB; see <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/windows-7-and-ssds-cutting-your-system-drive-down-to-size_p2/2941" target="_blank">Windows 7 and SSDs: Cutting your system drive down to size | Page 2 | ZDNet</a>. (I also did the same thing for the downloads folder which saved 2GB)2.&nbsp; I set up a symbolic link in Windows which fooled iTunes into thinking the backup folder was on the SSD but pointed towards the hard drive. It now backs up directly to the hard drive not the SSD. See <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/164275/how-to-change-the-backup-location-of-itunes-or-any-windows-app/" target="_blank">How to Change the Backup Location of iTunes (or Any Windows App)</a>.I know these are windows things but may affect iPad/iPod users and I hope it will help other PC users with this problem.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="spock999, post: 1621562, member: 302396"] Just to round this thread off, I have sorted the problem OK. I only had 5.5Gb of free space on my Windows 7 SSD 120GB system drive and iTunes insists on backing up to it. I now have 46.3Gb of free space on the SSD and iTunes is backing up to one of my hard drives. Very pleased with the result. I have done just the 2 things within Windows which relate directly to iTunes: 1. I moved my iTunes library onto the hard drive saving around 30GB; see [url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/windows-7-and-ssds-cutting-your-system-drive-down-to-size_p2/2941]Windows 7 and SSDs: Cutting your system drive down to size | Page 2 | ZDNet[/url]. (I also did the same thing for the downloads folder which saved 2GB) 2. I set up a symbolic link in Windows which fooled iTunes into thinking the backup folder was on the SSD but pointed towards the hard drive. It now backs up directly to the hard drive not the SSD. See [url=http://www.howtogeek.com/164275/how-to-change-the-backup-location-of-itunes-or-any-windows-app/]How to Change the Backup Location of iTunes (or Any Windows App)[/url]. I know these are windows things but may affect iPad/iPod users and I hope it will help other PC users with this problem. [/QUOTE]

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