New computer: delete duplicates completely and transfer my playlists

I have a new computer. I transferred music from backup...didn't see it...transferred again. So now I have duplicates. I deleted some of them, but they still showed up grayed out. I tried deleting everything so I could start from scratch, but that didn't work. They were still just grayed out. How do I make them go away completely so I have a clean slate????
Also, when they transferred, I had no playlists. Is there some way to transfer them into my computer library from my ipod? Or is there some way to copy them from my old computer to my new one?
Any and all help will be appreciated!
Edana

Apple's official advice is here... HT2905 - How to find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library. It is a manual process and the article fails to explain some of the potential pitfalls.
Use Shift > View > Show Exact Duplicate Items to display duplicates as this is normally a more useful selection. You need to manually select all but one of each group to remove. Sorting the list by Date Added may make it easier to select the appropriate tracks, however this works best when performed immediately after the dupes have been created. If you have multiple entries in iTunes connected to the same file on the hard drive then don't send to the recycle bin.
Use my DeDuper script if you're not sure, don't want to do it by hand, or want to preserve ratings, play counts and playlist membership. See this thread for background and please take note of the warning to backup your library before deduping.
(If you don't see the menu bar press ALT to show it temporarily or CTRL+B to keep it displayed)
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