How can i sync albums from ITouch to new computer?

My music Library is on my computer back home (Scotland), i am in Australia and want to get all my music on to laptop im using here.
If i sync it says it will only copy over items i have purchased from ITunes store and will clear my Itouch of the rest of my music.
Same goes if i copy CD's on to this computer, how can i get it on to the ITouch without losing the music i have on it already??
Can anyone help??
Kxx

Try one of the third-party utilities such as Floola or Senuti - VersionTracker or MacUpdate.
iPod Touches are one way sync devices. You sync music TO the Touch, NOT FROM the Touch. By design an iPod device is not intended to be used for transferring data between computers. Third-party software such as mentioned above is intended to overcome this limitation but on a limited basis.
Unfortunately, your iTunes library folder in Scotland has everything you synced to your Touch. If you now try to sync from a different computer and your library is no longer present, iTunes will attempt to erase everything on the Touch assuming you intend to do a completely different library sync. Obviously this is not your intended result. With any luck you can re-create your iTunes library using the third-party software that's available. Hope you are successful.

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