Just want to add that most linux distros, especially ones catered to the general audience like Ubuntu or Mint, will have no issues mounting windows drives (fat 32 or ntfs). I have my collection on a 2tb ntfs-formated hdd and my linux install running mpd and its front-ends like ncmcpcpp and catanta has no problem reading and writing files on that drive. Also, I mounted my windows documents directory in linux if I decide to work on anything there while I am logged into my linux distro. Therefore, echoing what others stated, there is no need to transfer files in your case.