iPod transfer help please!

[wiper]

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delete itunes, plug in ipod, go into my computer, locate the hidden files, copy them to computer, install itunes, add songs.

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those are going to be the sticky points for me, i think...where will these 'hidden files' be? and then when i find them, i just click 'copy to computer'??

so plugging in the ipod when there's no itunes installed, the songs will pop up as a file/folder? then i go to my computer, copy THAT file to the computer (which will probably take a while with this many songs), then re-install itunes, and drag the file/folder with all the song into the itunes library?

sorry, this stuff isn't my thing..however, i'll be a hero if i get it done!

thanks..