My iphone is synced to a broken down computer, how can i sync it to a new computer?

Hi,
I want to update and add music to my iphone 4S but my iphone 4S is synced to a computer that has recently broken down....
I have another computer with an itunes library but when i attach the iphone 4S via USB the itunes library doesnt pick it up as a device and so i am unable to add anything to it......
How do i unsync my phone from the computer that is broken and re-sync it to the computer that is working?
is it even possible to do that????!!
I am not worried about backing up etc because i saved all my purchased songs to an external hard drive.
I really appreciate your help!
Shanae

You may be able to extract the hard drive from the broken computer, mount it in an external drive bay and recover the library from it. Otherwise see Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
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