Can I resync my phone to a different computer without resetting it.

My computer was stolen. Can I resync my phone to a new computer without resetting my iPhone. My phone is the only copy of my music and photos that I have left. How do I get them off of it and onto a new computer?

I don't know about the syncing part with an iPod but iTunes includes a feature to import content purchased from the iTunes Music Store only from an iPhone and iPod - music or video that was transferred to the iPhone that was not purchased from the iTunes Music Store is not included with this process and this doesn't take care of photos transferred from your computer to the iPhone.
If you do a Google search, I believe there is a 3rd party utility that provides for importing photos and maybe all music and video from your iPhone.
And for future reference, it is a good idea to maintain a backup of all your important information stored on an external drive used for backup purposes only for this and other important reasons. It isn't a matter of if but when your hard drive has a partial or complete failure since none last forever. There are some inexpensive utilities that provide for creating a bootable clone backup of your entire hard drive using an external firewire drive preferable for this purpose.
If you had been doing this, you could restore your entire hard drive to your new computer as of the last updated backup. SuperDuper is a good utility for this purpose and after the first complete bootable clone backup which takes some time, SuperDuper includes a Smart backup feature which updates only the data that has changed since the last backup.

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Also see... these 2 Links...
Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991
Syncing to a New Computer...
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141

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https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
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You cannot.
This is how it works.
You should copy everything from your backup copy of your old computer to your new one.
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As IO said before:
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https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2417169?start=0&tstart=0
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I have used Pod2Mac. There is also Pod2PC.
There are numerous choices, some free, some payed. Do a Google search.

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iTunes: How to move [or copy] your music [library] to a new computer [or another drive] - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
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