Playlists to new PC

I have managed to transfer all my music from my old computer to the new one, but don't know how to transfer the playlists. Can someone point me in the right direction?
Windows XP

See if this helps "How to backup and restore playlists" http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93763

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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300173
I got to the part where I had to clear miss little blue's playlist to make room and it seems to be stuck and just flashes Do Not disconnect. grrr
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It sounds like you're running into an issue syncing music to your iPod classic since updating iTunes because of the way it looks now. You can make iTunes look more like the previous version by showing the Sidebar, as described in the article below.
iTunes 11 for Windows: Customize the iTunes window
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12364
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Did you set up your new computer by creating a Time Machine backup and restoring from it?
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