I can not sync my iPhone on more than one machine.

Hi,
I got a Macbook in replacement of my Windows PC that failed on me . When I plugged my iPhone into my Mac, I couldn't sync the phone because it said 'Erase and Sync' which is something I WILL NOT be doing. So I followed the steps on another community board but it did not work. When I plugged my iPhone into my original PC (that is only just working), it still said erase and sync.
I cannot erase my iPhone. I have thousands of pictures and videos on there which I can not do anything with as I cannot sync them with my computer .
To be honest, I think Apple really has made a huge mistake here. You should at least be allowed to sync your own iPhone with your own computers. I'm sure theres clever enough people to make it so it will not sync unless the phone and both computers are on the same apple ID.
This really has me angry! I even tried contacting Apple directly and was told by the website that I couldn't for some stupid reason.
I don't know what to do. I cannot emphasise enough that I cannot erase my iPhone. I also have work stuff on it which cannot be deleted or removed.
PLEASE HELP!
~ Lou

The syncing it is speaking of is only the content that came from your computer to your iPhone. So, are these photos & videos ones that were taken with your iPhone, or are they ones that your synced form your computer to your iPhone?
For example: I take a photo of my car with my iPhone (Photo #1). Later that day, I use iTunes to sync a photo of my house over to my iPhone from my desktop PC. (Photo #2). Later that evening, I connect my iPhone to my new laptop and iTunes tells me that message you saw.
Photo #1 would not be removed from my device. It is not 'synced' content. It is original content.
Photo #2 would be removed from my device. It is synced content.
Synced photos & music are 'copies', they are not the original. If you did not have a backup of the 'originals' from your old computer, then you cannot transfer those 'copies' back over to another computer. In essence, you cannot use your iPhone as an 'external hard drive' to save data from your computer.

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