Back-up in dead computer

hi all, its my first post.
i (proudly) own a 3GS and it was syncing and backing up to a computer which is now dead.
I wanted to back up my 3gs to a different computer (the new one i had to buy).
My main issue is with all my music library (about 1 GB of music bought on itunes and 12 GB of non-itunes bought music), as the original MP3 files (all legally bought) were also in the dead computer.
Therefore i wanted to "remotely-erase" the dead computer so that i can backup the 3GS to my new computer.
Would someone know how i can do that?
thanks in advance

thanks for your kind reply. however the hard drive is dead too. i already had went to a repair store and they told that both the hard drive and the cpu were dead, due to a overheat issue. Therefore i can not access the old hard drive at all. How can i backup the iphone to another computer then? Isnt there any chance of itunes running in another computer to cancel the authorization of the dead computer i was syncing iphone with? And i dont have a chance of authorizing itunes in another 3 computers.

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