I have a MAC and want to create an iTunes library on my new XP Laptop

I have a reasonable sized collection of music on my Powerbook. I have managed to transfer these to my iMac G5 but how do I move these tracks onto my new Sony VAIO T2XP?
I have installed iTunes and made it my default music player. I have burnt a DVD with my entire collection on but I can't get iTunes to see the files in my library.
When I put the music in the iTunes folder in My Music, it still does not appear.
I need some very quick help.
What very obvious mistake am I making?
Thanks in advance

WIndows is asking you to reformat the iPod's hard disk because it's probably in the Mac OS X Extended Journaled file system format which the Windows OS can neither read or write to.  Reformatting will erase all content from the device and rebuild the filesystem as FAT32 unless you specify it as NTFS (which you shouldn't do).
If you want to be able to use your iPod to copy music from your Mac to your PC, you'll need to either pre-format it as FAT32 using Disk Utility on your Mac and then copy everything over to your PC, or use third party software such as XPlay that allows a Windows PC to read and write to a Mac formatted iPod.
Perhaps you could take a look at this article for other ways to copy your iTunes library and files from your Mac to the PC.
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
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