IPad synched with another itunes library

Recently my pc's hard drive died - I've installed a new hard drive but having problems with itunes and the ipad I have.
When I try to connect the two a message comes up stating that my ipad is synched with another itunes library and the options i have are to erase & sync replacing the ipads content with the library's content or transfer itunes store purchases over - my problem is that there are music files on the ipad that i will ose if i follow this way. Is there any way I can copy these files?
Any help/pointers is much appreicated.

Noboers-
One possibility is that you have more than one account on your computer, and previously synced with a different user account. You might log into each account and try again. If that is the reason, one should work.
We can guess at other scenarios that might cause the problem, but the solution may be to go ahead and choose Restore instead of syncing the iPad. You would lose any changes since the last time you synced.
Fred

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I know from experience that this must be a frustrating situation for you especially if you don't want to loose the music/video content that is currently on your ipod. Unfortunately though you may have to consider re-syncing it as it thinks its currently synced with another computer.
If you bought any music that is on the ipod through itunes you can opt to right click the ipod in itunes and 'transfer purchases' if you authorise your library in the 'Store' menu in itunes. Some reasons for this happening may include some of the following:
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A sign of a failing iPod.
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