New computer having trouble syncing music

i have an iphone 4s backed up to my old computer, but i just bought a new one and downloaded itunes signed into my account and proceeded to sync my phone but the only music that is syncing is music i have purchased from the itunes store which leaves about 600 songs i have downloaded from cds and what not missing? how do i get this music on my new computer also? so confused i figured i would just plug it in and everything would be backed up

Hi,
Yes, you can upload it from your Flash Drive. For device uploading, you can only upload music from an iPod because it has a high-capacity drive, so it "acts" like a hard disk (or flash drive). An iPhone does not. Here is another article that may give you more information about that:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1329
Cheers, and good luck with your transfer! It's good you have your other music on a flash drive - that certainly makes it a lot easier to transfer!
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