My ipod and iphone 4s will not erase or sync with my new computer.

My phone was loaded from this computer when I got it replaced because the last one was defective.  They will not load, unload, or anything.  This is frustrating because before the most recent rounds of updates and "fixes," I never had problems and knew where everything was. 
It is not a problem with my library being different, because I just moved the library over from my old computer to the new when I got it using my external hard drive and literally just took iTunes and the music, books, etc over at one time.
Edit: Checking or unchecking the manual management of the library, full sync, and/or partial sync has no effect either.  When I work on trying to make them sync, the computer shows- under the "on this ipod" section- that there is nothing there, but the ipod/phone disagrees and still has everything.

You can only sync with one computer. To switch syncing computers:
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive: Apple Support Communities
If all synced media like apps and music are already on the second computer then just backup the iPod to the second computer and restore from that backup
iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes       

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