Trying to sync

IThe question is: How do I get the songs that are currently on my iPod to the LIBRARY (that is empty) in iTunes that is on the laptop?
I have a 4G ipod, working well with my desktop PC (WinXP)
I have just purchased a laptop (WinXP)and have installed the ipod software on it as well as the latest version of iTunes.
What has happened so far is:
With iTunes on the laptop open and my iPod with all its songs on it. I plugged the ipod into the laptop (USB) and iTunes recognized my ipod...so far so good.
When I clicked on "update" on iTunes I ended up with a completely empty (songs) iPod..
I guess that makes sense because I asked it to sync (nothing on iTunes) to iPod (filled w/music) = nothing on iPod. I had thought that it would be a reversing syncing process as in a Palm device…in that whatever is latest on either device would be updated to the other.
Lucky that my desktop PC still has all the songs in its iTunes program. I am currently re-syncing my ipod from the desktop PC and am looking forward to some help after the this sync is finished to upload that library to the new laptop.

Hi. See if this can help;
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300173
Cheers!
-Bryan

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