Strange iTunes Move from Old Hard Drive to New Computer

My friend's old computer exploded but the hard drive and its data are fine. He had iTunes on it (not sure what version) and I'm trying to figure out how to move iTunes to the new PC but I'm running into a few problems.
First of all, I hooked his old hard drive to the computer with an IDE to USB converter so it mounts as just another drive.
I then installed the latest iTunes on his new PC and when we hooked up his iPod, it asked to blank the thing out (so I hit Cancel).
So my question is a little more complicated than most since I have two things to accomplish here. I not only want to move his existing iTunes library to his new PC but I also need iTunes to work with his existing iPod. Hopefully, that won't involve wiping it since he has songs on his iPod that he doesn't have on his old iTunes, but perhaps I'll need to somehow get all his songs off his iPod, let iTunes wipe the iPod, then put them all back? I imagine I'd need to bring his iTunes library over first.
Anyone have any ideas of the steps necessary to make this dance happen? I'm very computer literate, so detailed explanations aren't needed. I just need general directions and what order to do them in.
Thanks,
bd
DELL Dimension E521 Windows XP

Chris,
I'm sorry, I forgot to mention that the music on his iPod isn't completely the same as what's in his iTunes. This is what made this move so strange. I needed to figure out not only how to move his iTunes music collection to a new PC, but also how to keep iTunes from wiping his iPod since he has music on it that isn't in his iTunes.
Since the new iTunes won't recognize his iPod without wiping it, is there any way to manually pull the music off his iPod, somehow put it in his iTunes folder so iTunes recognizes it, allow iTunes to wipe his iPod so he can synchronize iTunes with it, and finally put all his music back on his iPod?
Thanks,
Brian

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