Can I save my playlist?

Okay, long story but a windows update has royally messed up my laptop to the point where I'm going to have to reformat to day one according to the technicians I've talked too. I've already backed up all my music to my other computer but I was wondering if there was a way to transfer or save my actual playlists so I don't have to put them all back together from scratch. Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Make sure you get a copy of the itunes database ITL file.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1660
It holds all your ratings, playcounts, playlists, and so on.
Remember to deauthorize your PC before you have it serviced.
When you restore the music files and put them back on your laptop, you have to put the music files back exactly where they were before so itunes can find the folder/directory paths.
Then re-authorize your laptop.
If you just want the playlists on the other PC, try This. Highlight a playlist, then use file > export and choose to save it as an XML file, not a txt file. Move the XML file over to your other PC. If the path names are the same on the other PC you can import the XML file.

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