PC hard drive wiped out, how do I transfer to new one?

Our home PC (running Windows XP) had to have it's hard drive replaced, therefore I lost everything I had on itunes (I know, I know, I should have had it all backed up!). I spoke to a great guy on the helpline, who told me how to at least get all my purchased back on once I'd reinstalled itunes, but not all my purchases were put back on, including songs and some movies.
First question: How do I solve this? I obviously don't want to have to purchase the missing items again.
Second question: The very helpful itunes guy on the phone prompted me through the steps to get my purchased music off my ipod, which I vaguely remember how to do, but can someone please remind me?! I have changed itunes on the PC to manually manage, so my ipod doesn't get wiped when I plug it in.
Third question: I now have a laptop (running Windows Vista) and have installed itunes on it, but I would like to use this now as my main 'computer' as it were, instead of the PC. Can anyone tell me how to go about this? I'm frightened of plugging in my ipod and wiping everything off!
If anyone can help I will be eternally grateful!!! Thanks!

Please take a look at this forum this will help your case.http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12115655#12115655

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