HT202213 how to use home sharing and copy my music to laptop

please can anyone tell me how to copy my i tunes library from my maiin computer to my laptop which has window 8

Why do you want or need to use home sharing?
Simply copy the ENTIRE iTunes folder from the existing computer to the new computer and launch iTunes.  Everything will be exactly as it was on the old computer.

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    This question is important, but the basic information is available here:
    http://www.apple.com/support/homesharing/
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3819
    http://www.apple.com/support/homesharing/getstarted/

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    If you glance down the list of topics in this Apple Discussions forum you will see a few threads that already cover this topic quite thoroughly. Have a read through those.
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