Syncing Ipod Nano to new computer

I have a friend who has a Nano and iTunes and all her music is on her ex-husband's computer. She wants to basically start over... doesn't care if you she loses the music on the Nano. She doesn't even have iTunes on her computer. I will obviously need to install iTunes, but what else will I need to do to get her Nano to sync with her computer?

Install iTunes on her computer and add into it any songs she wants. Then connect the iPod. You will get a notice asking if you want to erase it and sync with the library on this computer. Click 'Erase and Sync'. All previous content will be erased and the new content loaded.
If she would like to retain the previous songs as well it's more complicated. See:
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/copying-music-from-ipod-to-co mputer/

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