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Well. my Ipod Touch broke a few days ago, due to technical problems. Since I was insured Apple got me a new one, but I already have music on my computer, and my computer was connected with my old Ipod before. How do I make it so my new Ipod will take all the songs from my computer and sync it instead of deleting everything. I'm on the part where I set up my Ipod now and it gives me two options. I can either "Set up as New Ipod" or "Restore from the backup of 'Ipod Touch'"(which was my old ipod that broke). Which should I choose. My mom got the ipod for me, and she was told I was supposed to set it up as a new thing or something. But she was unclear and doesn't know exactly. So which should I choose?
Thanks in advance.

Ok, so, I can't restore it from back up, since the new ipod is totally new, and it is not updated or anything. so should I just set it up as a new Ipod and go from there? Will anything i had on my old ipod be deleted from my computer? Like will my apps and music be deleted, or my mail info and bookmarks?

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