I have a dell desktop computer and i have itunes but all of my music is from cd's i own and i'm thinking about buying a laptop if i do the home sharing can i move all my music from my desktop computer to the laptop?

i have a desktop computer and have itunes and all of my music is from cd's and i want to buy a laptop if i do home sharing will all of my music on my desktop computer be on my laptop

Copy the ENTIRE iTunes folder from the old computer to the new computer.  Home Sharing is rife with problems when transferring media.

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