How can i copy music from old laptop to new without everything downloading via cloud?

I tried to back up my songs to an external drive and then import them to the new laptop.  It worked for about the first day, but then it wouldn't play my songs.  I kept trying and now it plays, but it shows every song i ever purchased since 6th grade!  There is a cloud symbol next to some.  I don't want to download every single song from icloud (over 2,000 songs).  I just want to copy the 800+ songs on my old laptop before i get rid of it.  PLEASE Help.

Hi Ally Nurse,
If you are having issues transfering your iTunes library to a new computer, you may find the following article helpful:
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4527
Regards,
- Brenden

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