Move iPhone/iPad to another PC without consolidating library no erase

I have a new laptop with Windows 7 Professional. The old one is a Windows XP based. I use iTunes ONLY to manage music and apps on my iPhone 4 and iPad 1. I do NOT use it for the music on the laptop since it is too unfriendly for that. Honestly I do not like iTunes but it looks like it is a must for iPhone and iPad.
Anyway, I wish to move my iPhone and iPad to the new laptop (the old one will be discontinued and deauthorized from iTune Store). All the info I found involve library consolidation on the old PC, but I do NOT want to do that, because iTunes listed a lot of stuff from my HD when it was initially installed and I do not need to duplicate it (by the way, there is no room on HD to consolidate library). I simply wish to avoid to erase the few hundreds pieces that are installed on my iPhone, and of course all the app in iPhone and iPad.
How can I do that? I repeat: I do not want to consolidate the WHOLE library but simply preserve music on my devices.
Any help appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
PS Please, no conceptual replies, like: «why do you want that?» or «why dont't you like iTunes?», just a technical reply. Thank you.

See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
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