How do I Delete music from my hard drive but keep it on my ipod?

My hard dive is full, I have an external that I am dumping a lot of files on, including music. I have enough space to maintain all of my music on my iPod but not my computer. I want to clear some of the music off my computer but I still want to have it on my Ipod. Anyone know how to do this?
Windows XP Pro

You simply have to change the update option of your iPod to "manually manage music and videos". Connect your iPod and in iTunes go to Preferences>iPod, you can amend the option there: Managing content manually on iPod
One major word of caution. If you delete songs from your PC and have no back up other than the iPod you will risk losing them permanently if your iPod fails or you find you have to restore it to solve a problem. You should consider investing in an additional internal or external hard drive to store/back up your music. Alternatively at the very least back up songs you can't replace such as iTunes downloads to CD or DVD. Forum member Buegie has compiled a very extensive procedure for backing up your music which you'll find at this link: Backing up iTunes
Something else to be aware of when using an iPod in manual mode is that the "Do Not Disconnect" message will remain on the display until you physically eject the device. In that case use Safely Remove Hardware icon in the Windows system tray on your desktop or check this link: Safely Disconnect IPod

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