I want to transfer my itunes music from my old laptop to my new one but I want to also preserve the library data such as play count, date added etc.

The thing is, my itunes media folder where the .itl and .xml files are located are different from where my actual music folder is located (on my desktop), but my itunes library is still managed by itunes so I'm not sure how to go about it because I can't just simply copy the whole itunes folder because I have two seperate ones

There are multiple threads and documents on how to accomplish this.  Was a search of the forums or your favorite search engine done before posting this common issue?
The library files and media files being in different locations is a minor issue.. same basic concept still applies.  Move the ENTIRE iTunes folder (and any media folders) to the new computer from the old computer.

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