James, when my son got his new laptop at Christmas, I simply used iTunes to burn a back-up of his library (playlists and all) onto a CD (his is a small library) and then on the new computer did a restore. iTunes did all the work, set everything up and he was fine.

Glad to hear you're back up and going.

I love my iPod and wonder how I got by without one before this. I can even use it in my new van through the auxillary input port, and that means I have access to my entire music library for long car trips. Whoooo hooo!

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