Putting music & playlists back again

Hi folks,
I'm just about to run iVolume on my iTunes library in order to normalise the volume of the music I have. It doesn't work on the iPod files, but interfaces with the iTunes library itself. So, I will have to rip out the music and playlists on my iPod, only to drag and drop them back again (I manually manage syncing my music). That way, the music on my iPod will playback at the new normalised volume.
So, rather than try to commit it to memory (or indeed print reams of paper) before selecting around 5GB of eclectic choice and dragging and dropping it back (over USB 1.1!), can anybody suggest an easier way please?
Thanks,
Matt
G4 Cube 1GB RAM/G3 iBook 640MB RAM; AirPort Express/5G iPod Nano Mac OS X (10.4.9) Sony Vaio XP SP2
G4 Cube 1GB RAM/G3 iBook 640MB RAM; AirPort Express/5G iPod Nano Mac OS X (10.4.9) Sony Vaio XP SP2

Ok, problem. I got the program and got all my files onto it from my ipod. Then i copied them to my music and movies folders. When i add them to iTunes, after about 300 songs it says "Attempting to copy to disc "C:\" failed. The file name invalid or too long."
what do i do?

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