I have to change computers, but my iPhone is synched to the one in my office. How do I synch it to a new computer and not lose all my previously saved files in iTunes or iCloud?

I heard that if you sych your iPhone from a new computer, it overwrites or throws out the things that you stored before. I don't want that to happen, so what do I do? I am changing jobs and the best computer I had before was the one at work, so I synched there. I found pictures I just took already on the computer, so it is actively synching.
Kenneth

Copy your itunes media library from your work computer to your home computer .
http://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141

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