Help syncing iPhone to iTunes on new laptop without wiping phone's files?

My old laptop has broken and I bought a new one, I now obviously want to upload my music from my phone to iTunes on my laptop but I fear that this will wipe my phone. Is there a way of syncing my phone to iTunes without it wiping my phone?
I recently bought a new laptop because my old one broke. Now I obviously want to upload my music (from my iphone 4s) to iTunes on my laptop but I fear that this will wipe all music on my phone and I'd be left with nothing. A: Is there a way of me syncing my phone to iTunes without everything being wiped and B: Can I backup my music (for free) before syncing?
-When I first bought this phone and I synced it to itunes on my old laptop (and to my ipod touch), all numbers that I'd put in to the phone were wiped and everything was cleared. This is why I am scared that my music, photos and videos wil be wiped!
Thanks in advance for any help!

The iPhone is not a storage device.  Instead it is merely a mirror of what is on the library of the computer it is synced with.
There is no Apple supported way to get content off the device that was not purchased via iTunes.
To get iTunes purchased content:
In iTunes, log in with your iTunes account and authorize computer.
Connect the device.
Do not sync!!!!
Select File > Transfer Purchases.
To obtain other media on the device you will need to search google for programs that can extract the content.

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