IPod mini to transfer music

My son got a 5th gen iPod nano and wants to copy only his music from his iPod mini into iTunes on his PC, then from his PC into his new nano. He deleted his music from his PC to avoid duplication of files on transfer, but now he found that he can't copy his music from his mini into iTunes on his computer. Is there any way to get just his music library off his iPod mini into his iTunes on his PC, and then transferred to his nano? The only thing that I can find online is using the mini as a mass storage device and copying my entire music library off my computer which includes many songs that he does not want, or burn a backup CD of my entire music library and then load it onto his PC, again with many songs that he does not want. Is there any way to burn a CD directly off his mini or nano if a direct transfer from mini to PC can't be done? His iTunes version is version 7.
Custom built PC   Windows XP  

I suggest that your download and install a 3rd party software e.g. YamiPod on the PC, use it to copy the songs from iPod Mini to iTunes then Nano
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=701401&tstart=0

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