# Music library keeps doing full rescan
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/music-library-keeps-doing-full-rescan/675998
**Category:** Plex Media Server
**Tags:** server-windows
**Created:** [January 8, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/music-library-keeps-doing-full-rescan/675998 "2021-01-08T21:14:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@tug3](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tug3)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/music-library-keeps-doing-full-rescan/675998/1 "2021-01-08T21:14:15Z")
Server Version#: 1.21.1.3876-3c3adfcb4-x86
Player Version#: 4.47.3
For several weeks now, PLEX has not been automatically scanning when I add items to my music folders. If I prompt it to do a scan, it goes through my entire music library and often does not stop until I close the program and restart. I have tried unchecking, resaving, and rechecking the appropriate boxes in the Library settings, and also unpinning and repinning the Music library. Is this an issue with the newer updates?
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### Author:  [@geekydaddy](https://forums.plex.tv/u/geekydaddy)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/music-library-keeps-doing-full-rescan/675998/2 "2021-01-08T23:44:55Z")
Check the location of Plex’s metadata location. Ensure there is enough space on the drive and that Plex has permissions to write.
> **[Where is the Plex Media Server data directory located? | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/202915258-where-is-the-plex-media-server-data-directory-located/)**
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> The main Plex Media Server data directory location will vary based on your operating system. Below are the default locations....
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### Author:  [@tug3](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tug3)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/music-library-keeps-doing-full-rescan/675998/3 "2021-01-11T21:26:58Z")
Thank you. My metadata library was indeed out-growing my internal drive, so I relocated to an external drive. Unfortunately, despite pointing PLEX to the new location, it’s lost a ton of metadata that I’m having to reincorporate. Additionally, my TV app no longer works with PLEX–is there any link between these problems?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/music-library-keeps-doing-full-rescan/675998/4 "2021-04-11T21:27:01Z")
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