How can I sync my iPod with a Windows 8 PC?

I just got a new Windows 8 PC and want to sync 2 differnt iPod Touch 4G. When I choose to sync the Music, I get a message about erasing everything and will sync with what's on my PC. However, the only music showing up in iTunes are some recent purchases. All the previous purchases and songs copied from CDs are not there. But, I can look on the hard drive, and the songs are all there. Some are MP3s and others are MPEG-4's.
I have backed up one iPod and hten restored from that back-up, then tried to Sync, but I continue to get the message about erasing the iPod. And iTunes is still only showing the recent purchases. I have tried transfering the MPEG-4 songs to iTunes, but it won't let me!
Another problem is that I have an iTunes account and my son has one. How can I sync and have hte iPod pull the content from the correct account? I don't see how I can sign in to iTunes and have a choice of which account to use.
Thanks.

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