Putting purchased music onto a new computer

My old laptop crashed so I lost my music but my purchased iTunes songs are backed up on my iPod. I now have a new laptop and have downloaded iTunes onto it. I tried connecting my iPod and chose "Transfer Purchases" but it did nothing. Anyone know how I can get the songs I bought thru iTunes on my old laptop onto my new one?

If you can play a new free song, that means your new PC is authorized. When you plugin your ipod and choose itunes menu > Store > Transfer purchases, all the older songs should get copied back to your new PC.
Since that's not happening, I think the only thing left is to contact iTS support.
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact.html?form=music&topic=Music%20Purcha ses&subtopic=Music%20Purchases

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