I can't sync my ipod since its come back from repair, please help

My ipod went for repair a few months ago now and while at repair my laptop also had to be repair, I ended up losing all my music. When i recieved my ipod back i asked a friend to put all her music on it. Now when I try to sync it to my laptop this question below pops up asking if I would like to erase and sycn or transfer purchases. Niether of which I want to do, I just want all the music transfered on to my laptop, how do I do this? please help

Hello mua1508,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
From your post I understand that you have been unable to download the previously purchased music in iTunes. The iTunes Store services were experiencing issues at that time, which includes Game Center services, iTunes Store, App Store, and the iBooks Store. You can see the history of the downtime in the link below for March 11. If you continue to have issues connecting, please let me know.
Apple - Support - System Status
Take care,
Alex H.

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Hello mua1508,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
From your post I understand that you have been unable to download the previously purchased music in iTunes. The iTunes Store services were experiencing issues at that time, which includes Game Center services, iTunes Store, App Store, and the iBooks Store. You can see the history of the downtime in the link below for March 11. If you continue to have issues connecting, please let me know.
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