Laptop Dead....reviving library info?

So my laptop recently has met an unfortunate demise, and am forced to use my girlfriends for the time being....
Fortunately, the HDD is fine, and I was wondering if anyone knew if it was possible to recover the iTunes specific info from my library files....
It's definitely a tad OCD of me, but I'd like to have the playcount, and particularly rating info from my library. My iPod is fine, and all the files are intact, so I presume there must be some way to move the ratings from my iPod or old iTunes files to my computer.
Transferring the files from my iPod isn't an issue, I've used apps for this purpose in the past, just more curious about the ratings, playcount, and playlists in particular.
I saw some info on playlists, but haven't yet found anything particularly helpful in regards to the rating info yet.

You need to get the itunes library.itl file to preserve date added, play counts, ratings, etc.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93732
And you have to be able to remember what folder the music was kept in - just dropping an ITL file on a new PC that has different paths will result in a lot of ! exclamation points next to songs if iTunes can't find them.
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