Confusion on file trans

I have over 7000 music files on my desktop computer. When I import them to the Laptop which i take to work with me for DJ shows, none of the files are accessible. It's almost as if the songs listed in the SoundBlaster are shortcuts that can only be played when I am at the house AND connected to my Network. I want to permanenetly move these files to the laptop, or at least have a duplicate copy of them to play when I am at a show. When i try to transfer files, the source, which is the C: dri've on the desktop does not appear in the Creative product such that a transfer would be possible.

Patrick wrote:
I have over 7000 music files on my desktop computer. When I import them to the Laptop which i take to work with me for DJ shows, none of the files are accessible. It's almost as if the songs listed in the SoundBlaster are shortcuts that can only be played when I am at the house AND connected to my Network. I want to permanenetly move these files to the laptop, or at least have a duplicate copy of them to play when I am at a show. When i try to transfer files, the source, which is the C: dri've on the desktop does not appear in the Creative product such that a transfer would be possible.
Hi
? Perhaps you got/made shortcuts only.
How did you copy/trancfer those files into laptop.
Is your desktop pc and laptop connected together (network)?
Are files mp3 or wav format files (7000 x average size mp3 (28-92kbps) is ~30GB,
7000 x same files as wav -format is ~300GB).
If you have room, copy files from desktop to laptop using windows explorer (not internet
explorer).
.jtp

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