Getting music from itouch to a new pc w/o losing music

I have a new pc hard drive and want to copy my itouch music to the computer. My concern is that if I sync to a blank itunes account I may lose all the music in the itouch.

Ipod touch will sync to one computer/library at a time. If you sync to another, it will first erase the content from the ipod, then replace with content from the new drive/library.
This is one of the many reasons that maintaining a backup is basic. Just use your backup to put all of your music on the computer.
If for some reason you have failed to maintain a backup (terrible idea), then you can transfer itunes purchases from the ipod. Without syncing: File>Transfer Purchases

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