New computer but synced to old itunes on old hard drive

Hi i had to get a new hard drive on my home computer and itunes had to be reloaded to new computer. I tried to upload my ipod but it states its synced to another itunes but that hard drive no longer exists and it wont transfer from my ipod now when i plug it in. how do i solve this problem?!!

transfer your ipod directly to the new pc and there you go. itunes won't tell you that your ipod has been synced with another library. Just follow these instructions: http://www.ehow.com/how4451912transfer-ipod-itunes.html

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https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile
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Follow instructions at link below.
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hope someone can help with this
I had my iTunes on my old laptop which died about a month ago but I was able to save the hard drive which I'm using now as an external hard drive to my new laptop. my old iTunes did not have all the songs that I have on my iPod as I ran out of space so I kept only couple hundred songs.
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as I wanted to open the iTunes on my old laptop/now external hard drive it says "ITunes Library.itl cannot be read because it was created by a newer version of iTunes?"
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*so basically my question now is - is it possible to upload new songs onto my iPod without losing the old ones?*
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I basicaly got a new computer and have my old hard drive now plugged into the new one so cant run the old itunes (so i cant consolodate or backup or anything like that)
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