How do I get songs purchased on itunes to work on my new computer??

My laptop recently crashed, and luckily I had my songs backed up on an external hard drive. When I transferred my library to my new computer, the songs purchased on itunes won't sync with the ipod. How can I fix this??

Do the songs play in iTunes? Try playing one first, if the computer isn't authorised, you'll be asked to authorise it and the songs should sync after that. If your system crashes or you reinstall your operating system without deauthorising iTunes first, even a single computer can use up your limit of 5 authorisations as you have to reauthorise each time: About iTunes Music Store Authorisation and Deauthorisation

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