# How\\Whether to Save Metadata from my current installation

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**Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\
**Tags:** server-windows\
**Created:** [March 5, 2021, 5:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-whether-to-save-metadata-from-my-current-installation/697121 "2021-03-05T05:00:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-whether-to-save-metadata-from-my-current-installation/697121/3 "2021-03-05T09:48:02Z")

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> [@pbillings](#):
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> I won’t be utilizing mapped drives.

What does this mean? Will you be using UNC paths instead?  
Can’t you solve this by giving the media drives the exact same drive letters they currently have on your old server?

If you really have to change all the paths/adresses of your media files, you may want to look a this: [[HowTo] Plex database modification - Moving media the right/wrong way - #10 by jelwell](https://forums.plex.tv/t/howto-plex-database-modification-moving-media-the-right-wrong-way/126701/10)

Supplementary reading: [[HowTo] An extended guide on how to move the Plex data folder on Windows](https://forums.plex.tv/t/howto-an-extended-guide-on-how-to-move-the-plex-data-folder-on-windows/197060/1)

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