Getting list of songs on iPod into a playlist on computer

Between my wife and I we have a few iPods and I'm having some troubles getting the list of songs from our iPods into playlists in iTunes because we originally didn't transfer them the right way.
We realize now that we should have created a playlist first within iTunes and then transferred the playlist onto the iPod if we wanted to keep record of which songs we selected.
ALL THE SONGS ARE ALREADY BOTH IN iTUNES AND ON THE iPOD, now we just want to put them into a playlist within iTunes so we can swap out the music with different playlist and still have the option to reload the music that is currently on the iPod on a later date. It took many hours to select the subset of music that is currently on the iPod, so we'd rather not have to start over.
This is a summary of what we'd like to do:
1. General folder on iPod --> playlist in iTunes
2. Erase all music from iPod
3. Different playlist in iTunes ---> iPod.
Nano, Video, and old 10GB   Windows XP Pro  

I'd like to know that same exact thing. I recently erased my entire system drive and am now re-installing software and updates. I have re-installed iTunes, updated it and copied all my iTines music and folders into it. Trouble is, the laylists didn't come over with it. I've read that two files are necessary for a successfull transfer and re-install of all iTunes stuff from a backup.
1. iTunes Music Library.itl
2. iTunes Library.xml
I have the .xml file but the .itl file didn't transfer over. In fact it didn't backup prior to my erasing my drive. Is the .itl file the file required to put all playlists and songs (arranged in my customized order) back onto iTunes?

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