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iTune screwing up WAV file data?

I am not sure if i'm doing something wrong or I'm just stupid...

When ever I whip out my computer to start fresh, iTune screws up my WAV files. All WAV files would only show up with track number, song name. All other info is deleted...(such as album name, artist, comments, etc..)

And the only way i know of to get all that info back is to re-rip EVERY CD... It's very time consuming. Made me stomp around the house, slamming doors, and almost made me cry.

Is there a correct procedure to back up all the info on WAV files? (I guess that's called metadata?)

I haven't tried it (because I'm affraid that I might be wrong) really dont want to go through all this again. But am I suppose to File--> Export...--> and save the Music.xml file. Then when I have to start fresh again, go to File--> Import.

But is that before or after I choose "Add Folder to Library"??

I hope I'm making sense...
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sufentanil
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Welcome to the frustration of using WAV files. This is why I no longer use WAV but rather other lossless formats (I personally use FLAC, but it's not well supported in iTunes). And it is why I cannot recommend the use of WAV. WAV does not have standard ways of identifying the artist, album, genre, etc. Note that I say "does not have standard ways". Each software has its own method for embedding that information in WAV. What software did you use to rip them? If it was something besides iTunes, try going back to that software and convert them to another format that preserves the tags.

Sorry for the frustration.
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