Hard drive died...Can I sync on another computer?

I am sorry. I hope this has not been asked somewhere else. But my computer HD died and I was wondering if I synced my itouch on another computer, will I lose all information on my itouch? I did not back up my library and move it to this other computer. I have downloaded itunes on my other computer and I have other music files I would like to add to my touch, but I don't want to lose the things I have already synced. Is this possible? Help

This has to be the worst season ever for lost hard drives.
I'm not going to say anything other than do a search - it's been covered.

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