Keep files on iPod when syncing to new hard drive?

Hi - I just bought a new external hard drive onto which I moved my iTunes files, along with playlists etc. I now want to synch my iPod to the new drive, with the updated library and corresponding playlists, but would prefer not to have to erase the iPod drive clean only to re-load all 50 GB of files again, as my transfer speeds are slow.
Does anyone know of ways to get around this? My finger is paused on the "erase and sync" option hoping for a quicker fix.
Thanks

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