Itunes from desktop to laptop

my desktop has crash and now i purchase a laptop. what i want to do is beable to listen to my muisc on my laptop like i did with my desktop with out having to keep plugging in my desktop to get the library up. so is there a way that this can be done without a risk of losing all of my purchase musice and having to re download my music cds all over again? Please help

There are a number of things you could do. One would be to network the two computers and transfer your iTunes folder from one to another. You can also if you have one, use your iPod as a hard drive and move the folder with it though that would be considerably slower than computer to computer. Here are a few links that may help you out:
New PC & moving iTunes library
Copying songs over a network to use with iTunes for Windows
iTunes: Copying music between authorised computers with iTunes for Windows
How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer

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