Using different Itunes libraries

Hi
I've only recently upgraded to a 5th generation ipod so apologies if this question is extremely basic or has been answered before!!!
Basically all my imported music is on itunes on my old pc. I have just bought a new laptop and now when I connect my itunes to the new laptop itunes it is saying it is linked to another itunes library (ie my old one) and do I want to overwrite all the tunes on the ipod with this library - WHICH IS BLANK!
I guess my question is - given I've got a new pc with a new version of itunes but all my music is on another pc - do I need to reimport all my cds again onto the new pc or is there a way of transferring them from my old pc onto the new version of itunes which I'm going to use going forward.
thanks - your answer could save me many hours importing cds which I've already done a year or so ago!

You can use the iPod as an external harddrive and move all the songs in iTunes off the old PC and put them in the iTunes on the new PC. ALl of this is explained with steps at this link http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300173

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