Cannot get my iPad purchases onto new computer

My Mac died and when I was migrating into the new one from a backup I seem to have entered the wrong user name in iTunes, which generated a new account.
The email address for the old account no longer exists and I cannot update it to my new one because this is associated with the second empty account which hasn't been set ut with any credit cards or anything. The second irroneous account cannot be deleted and only it can be associated with my only email address.
So I now have an iPad, filled with things I have bought that are not synced to the Mac. I get an option to erase the iPad and overwrite it with an older version from my computer, using an old email address that no longer exists as user name , or to erase the iPad and start anew with the irroneous account which has the correct email address but no content.
I seem to be too old to understand computers anymore. I need help.

I keep my itunes library in on an external drive, so I don't have this problem. To get the files to your new computer, simply copy them into a location of your choosing. This can either be in the music/itunes folder, or somewhere completely different. Then go to the advanced tab in Itunes preferences. Make sure the copy to itunes folder location checkbox, and the keep itunes organized checkbox are selected. If you put the files into the original itunes folder simply hit reset. Otherwise click the change location, and browse to your new music folder. Itunes will then automatically start adding the files into your library.

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