HT2518 Migration Assistant/ PC-Mac

I didn't set the sleep mode before starting M.S. I have plugged in an Ethernet cord (was using wifi). Does anyone know if the info will still transfer if my MBP goes to sleep?

Hey did you resolve the transfer in the end?
all my music is on my new imac already (over 20,000 tracks) and also on my hard drive where i have been using it from for my pc
but i want to transfer all the ratings and playlist data from the pc to my mac
the migration assistant on the mac only lets you swap from mac to mac and i downloaded the same dos file you did which is for a pc only
so i have the migration assistant on my pc waiting to accept connection to the mac but it seems to be a one way thing right now
any help resolving this would be amazing
had to start from scratch with playlists etc every time ive bought a new computer in the past and really cant be bothered again when i know theres a way of swapping the data
thanks

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