transfer my music from external hard drive to my library from xp to vista library, or have them play.

I have a v2000 compaq with xp home on it. I use a 500 gig, "My Book", to store all my music and music only (the letter of the drive on xp is E). Now, I bought a compaq cq60, with basic vista on it (the drive letter for 'My Book' on vista is F). I connected the ext drive in my vista and I raised the media player '11' [xp drive is '10' I think] and my music was everywhere and made different folders and much music would not play. error came say plyr cannot find music because two different files, appoint or has been deleted. So I plug the plyr xp and had many of the same things happen.  What's wrong? And how to fix this? I know that the songs are still there somewhere. How to get them back too?

Thanks for any help you can give me. Please try to explain in simple terms. Laughing out loud. not a total pc'er again. still much to learn.

Hi DJ_FEELGOOD_1,

The library is a database that includes links to digital media files on your computer. Among other reasons, you cannot move the library from one computer to another, because the links in the database would be more correct.

If you want to replicate your library ongoing on another computer, you must copy your digital media files on this computer, and then add these files to the new library. For more information about adding content to your library, seeAdd items to the library.

The Windows Media Player library: frequently asked questions

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/Windows-Media-Player-library-frequently-asked-questions

If you have questions about the Windows XP computer, you can publish your application in the Windows XP forums using the link below.

http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/category/WindowsXP

I hope this helps!

Halima S - Microsoft technical support.

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