How to sync music on my iphone across to my new itunes library

I don't have access to the iTunes library on my old computer as it is broken so I have no way of retrieving my music from there. I have an iPhone which has all of my music on, is there any way of syncing the music on my phone across to my new library? I'm worried that when I connect my phone it will wipe whatever is on there and just replace it with my purchased music from iTunes please help!! Don't want to risk losing all of my old music.

The iPhone is not a backup/storage device. The sync is one way - computer to iPhone. The exception is iTunes purchases. File>Devices>Transfer Purchases
It has always been very basic to always maintain a backup copy of your computer for jut such an occasion. Use your backup copy to put everything on your new computer.

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See Here...
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
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Copy your ENTIRE iTunes FOLDER to an External Drive... and then from the External Drive to your New Computer..
See Here > Move iTunes Library from PC to MAC
http://www.macworld.com/article/146958/2010/03/move_itunes_windows_mac.html
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=805256&tstart=0
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=809624&tstart=0
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http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/02/how-to-get-music-off-your-ipod/
http://playlistmag.com/help/2005/01/2waystreet/
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4. Select Sync Music. You can select "Include music videos" if you want to sync Music videos to your device.
5. Your device needs to have enough free space to sync the content that you selected from your library.
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dna4 wrote:
i dont have a backup copy from my old computer
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i have the same problem, if u find it out please let me know :C i can erase or put new songs from my pc to itunes u.u

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Hey there,
It sounds like you are not getting the prompt to erase and sync your device. This indicates to me that Manual Syncing was enabled on the original iTunes Library, and becuase of that it is also now enabled on your new computer.
This is changable in the Summary tab of iTunes when you have your device selected, and this article will help you do that:
Managing content manually on iPhone, iPad, and iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1535
Configure iPhone, iPad, or iPod for manual management
To manually manage the content, follow these instructions:
Connect the device to your computer.
Open iTunes.
Select your iPhone, iPad, or iPod. If your device isn't visible in the upper right corner of the screen, choose Library.
Click the Summary tab and select "Manually manage music and videos."
Click Apply.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
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