Old computer fried and itunes library was on it

My old computer's mother board fried and i was unable to obtain my library from that computer, but now that i got a new computer it will not let me sync the ipod touch with the new computer because it says that the current ipod touch is synced with another computer.
how can i sync my ipod touch with the new computer without losing all my songs and movies?

armyman 0 wrote:
how can i sync my ipod touch with the new computer without losing all my songs and movies?
check this post by Zevoneer.
JGG

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Connect your iPod to your computer. If it is set to update automatically you'll get a message that it is linked to a different library and asking if you want to link to this one and replace all your songs etc, press "Cancel". Pressing "Erase and Sync" will irretrievably remove all the songs from your iPod. When your iPod appears in the iTunes source list change the update setting to manual, that will let you use our iPod without the risk of accidentally erasing it. Check the "manually manage music and videos" box in Summary then press the Apply button. Also when using most of the utilities listed below your iPod needs to be enabled for disc use, changing to manual update will do this by default: Managing content manually on iPod and iPhone
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Hello Justin,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
See this article for instructions on how manually copy the contents of your iPod back over to your new computer. Even though the article mentions Vista and XP, Windows 7 should be similar to Vista.
http://www.ehow.com/how2187421transfer-music-ipod-itunes.html
Otherwise, see this older post by Zevoneer for countless other ways to copy it back over.
http://discussions.info.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=11624224
B-rock

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The follow included how to copy music form the iPod to your computer.
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