How can I get songs that I didn't purchase from ITunes from my phone onto my computer?

I have tried syncing my phone onto my library in iTunes but I cannot get the music to appear in my iTunes library because I have not purchased them within the store. Is there a way for me to get these songs on there?

They came from your computer in the first place, so they should still be there or in the backup copy of your computer.
The iPhone sync is one way - computer to iPhone. The only exception is iTunes purchases. The iPhone mirrors the selected content of your computer.

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I previously posted this question under a really bad title and got no answers, so here's a quick summary with a more relevant title:
Due to some mistakes I made, I lost most of my music library from my computer (& iTunes), but I still have all the songs on my iPod (which I backed up). The problem is that if I try to sync it with iTunes, iTunes simply tries to ERASE any songs on my iPod that aren't already in iTunes. Even if I set the synchronization to manual, which would stop the erasing, I still don't know how to get the songs back onto my computer. (They are stored in an unusuable form on the iPod.)
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Note to Apple: I'd love to buy a lot more from the Apple store but I can't use iTunes at all until I resolve this.
I had to get a new computer. (I'm using a PC but I love Macs.) The new computer is running XP Pro and I have a 4th generation iPod (click wheel).
Initially I copied the iPod music directory from the old computer to the new one and launched iTunes. It worked - but 60% of my library was missing, including all but 2 of my purchased songs!
Luckily I still have my entire library on my iPod. So I backed up my iPod, then uninstalled iTunes and deleted the iTunes directory from my PC. Then I reinstalled iTunes. Guess what? Somehow it still remembered the previous library (with 60% missing!) And when it saw my iPod attached, it deleted all the songs to match!
Lucky I made that backup - I copied it back to my iPod and things seem fine. But how do I get the songs from my iPod back into iTunes? Especially the ones I purchased from the Apple store. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Thank you kind folks.
- Jeff
<My iPod was burning hot to the touch after all this disk activity!>
4th generation click wheel 40GB, 3.1 Windows XP Pro Latest updates on iPod, iTunes, XP Pro
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