ITunes says in order to sync I must erase all of my songs....

 I found my ipod after a year of it being lost and want to add my playlist to my new computer. However, itunes says in order to sync I must erase all of my songs, because my library is on another computer. I do not have the same computer or remember my old account username. How can I add my library onto my new computer without losing any data? I don't have a c.d. burner, so I can't backup my files. This is very frustrating. I am not computer savvy, so if you can explain in laymans terms, that would be an amazing help:) Thanks

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iPhone not appearing in iTunes

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