How do I save my library?

I need to completely reinstall windows, but I want to keep my iTunes library so that my iPod won't mirror an empty library and so delete all of my songs. Can somebody tell me how to save my library?

It's helpful, but I can't find the ‘iTunes Library.itl’ or ‘iTunes Music Library.xml’ files in the iTunes folder. Where are they?

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