HT1349 I have an ipod that i used to sync onto one computer but switched to my laptop, now that my laptop is broken i want to go back to my old computer but it says i have to erase all the music that i got from my laptop

How do i get the songs that i bought on my laptop, under the same Apple ID and accounts, onto my old computer without erasing everything? Everytime i plug it in, it says that it cant transfer the purchases because the computer is not authorized but ive already authorized it and de authorized it andauthorized it again a bagillion times. Then it says if i want to sync it has to delete all the songs i got on my ipod and sync all thats on the computer. HELP ME

Engadget has a guide for this.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/how-to-get-music-videos-and-photos-off-your-i pod-iphone/

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