How Do I Move My Music from ITunes on One PC to a New PC

My daughter took my old laptop which had all of my music and custom catagories. What files do i need to copy from the old ITunes folder to the new new install on my new PC so that I do not have to read all of my CD's in to the system again and preserve the music catagories.

It depends on how you have things organized.
You certainly need to copy all of the folders that have music in them (perhaps this is in your "My Music" folder, or an "iTunes music" folder.
You also need to copy your iTunes library files (.xml, .itl) - these will be in a folder called "iTunes." If your music is in that iTunes folder as well (but it will be in a sub-folder called "iTunes library" - then just copy the whole iTunes folder across.

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