I want to keep my music collection on my iPod only

Since the storage capacity of my new iPod Classic Video 160GB is about 4 times the size of my computer's harddisk (2x 20GB), and since I continuously have problems with full harddisks but don't want to delete anything, I would like to transfer my music collection (about 15-20 GB) to my iPod instead of keeping it on my harddisk and syncing it to my iPod.
To recap, I want to move my music collection to my iPod and delete it from my computer harddisk afterwards.
Is there any possibility of doing so?

If you want to delete songs from iTunes and keep them on the iPod you need to change the update option of your iPod to "manually manage music and videos". Your iPod will not sync with iTunes in this mode so it can have different content, you can get details here:
Managing content manually on iPod
iPod 101: Fill 'er Up
One major word of caution. If you delete songs or videos from your computer 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 anything you can't replace such as iTunes downloads to CD or DVD: How to back up your media in 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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