Looking to move iTunes interface from one machine to another

I have a NAS server with about 1TB of music and movies on it, most of which I uploaded from my CD and DVD collection. I have a laptop that has all of that 1TB of data loaded into the iTunes interface, yet none of the data is actually stored on the laptop...all of it is on the server, and iTunes points to the server for access to the music and movies.
Is there any way to copy the iTunes interface from my outgoing laptop to my new laptop, so that I don't have to go through the painstakingly long process of adding all of the files and folders onto the new laptop from the server? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Thanks for your reply.
Copying the entire iTunes folder from the old computer to the new one will automatically put all of the files into my iTunes on my new computer?
The NAS is drive mapped on the old computer and is also already drive mapped on the on the new computer with the same letter.

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