Content missing from my itunes

Hi, i have two computers with iTunes on it, a laptop and a desktop computer. The Itunes are showing different content, yet i have only ever logged in using the one account. I have loaded music from the laptop onto my iphone3 but when i try to add other playlists from the desktop computer it states that it will remove all content on the phone and replace, this is not what i want to happen
Q1 why is the two itunes library so different?
Q2 how do i remedy this?
Thanks in advance

Use your backup copy of your computer.
If for some reason you have failed to maintain a backup copy, then you can redownload some itunes purchases in some countries:
Download past purchases - Apple Support

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