Why does iTunes keep corrupting it's Library?

[John McGibney]

on 7/23/03 8:26 PM, iTunesList at iTunes at lists.themacintoshguy.com wrote:
> 
> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 15:58:28 -0700
> Subject: [iTunes] Why does iTunes keep corrupting it's Library?
> From: Frank Flynn <frank at declan.com>
> Message-ID: <BB446124.FDD5%frank at declan.com>
> 
> I have two Macs both G4, running 10.2.6 and iTunes 4.0.1
> 
> One of these machine runs iTunes fine, never had any kind of problem.
> 
> The other will corrupt it's iTune Library file about once a month.  This is
> a real pain.  It's not because it crashed or anything else unusual it just
> will not launch saying the "iTunes music library has become corrupt".  Well
> it worked fine yesterday and I haven't changed anything.
> 
> Does anyone have a clue what's going on?  And more importantly how to stop
> it?
> 
> Thanks,
> Frank

Sounds like the directory on your hard drive is messed up. Try starting from
the install CD and run disk utility. Or try using the disk utility of your
choice, TechTool Pro. Diskwarrior or Norton.

John