Computer Crashed, need to reload Itunes

Hi,
My computer crashed and it looks like I'm going to have to reformat my harddrive.
I am going to attempt to slave the h/d to another pc in order to save some of my files before I reformat.
Will saving my entire Itunes directory, installing Itunes on the formatted harddrive using the software, then copying the saved directory over the newly installed software work?
If not, what is the best way to get my music back into Itunes without having to re-download it from all my CDs.
There are some songs in Itunes that are not on my Ipod so transfering the music from the Ipod back to Itunes is not going to restore all my music.
Suggestions would be really helpful! Also, does Itunes store music in any other directory besides the Itunes one?
XPS400 Windows XP Pro

Yes if you copy the iTunes folder, it contains your library files as well as your music, so everything should be preserved.
What you are doing is analagous to using an external disk to transfer iTunes to a new computer.
There is an apple article about doing this with an iPod but it may cause more confusion than light as you would not be using the iPod. You would start at "Get iTunes ready on your new computer"
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300173
You can also copy your music back from your iPod, there is a Zevoneer post about it here:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=3860757#3860757
But if you can copy the iTunes folder in its entirity to another drive, then copy it back that is the simplest.
Your iPod can act as a secondary backup in case the other thing goes wrong.

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