I have to erase and sync my iphone to an other itunes account will i lose everything ?

My old laptop has broken down and i am no longer able to use my itunes on there. I have another laptop with itunes installed on it but my iphone 4 is not synced to it. I need to erase and sync my data to be able to update my phone and i want to know if i will lose everything on my phone, thanks very much

AKapur1757 wrote:
No, I tried to download music on my phone from my laptop and whenever I try it says that my phone is using a different iTunes library ...
This happens if you are Syncing to a Different iTunes Library on a Different Computer.
By design, the iPhone will Only Sync to One iTunes Library at a time,

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