Removing Sync from remote computer no longer in my control

I had Firefox Sync running on a computer I no longer have access to. FF was probably version 4.x installed under a personal Windows 7 login that might be accessible to the current users of that machine (a floating desk that sees a lot of different temporary workers). On my main computer at home--following the posted instructions in the forum and elsewhere--I have generated and saved a new Sync Key and then I Reset Sync using the option to "Replace all other devices with this computer's data". Firstly, those instructions seem backwards.
Will my old computer (which I can't access) still have all the original synced data on it? Or by the fact that it won't be able to "re-" sync (new sync key generated) it won't have access to that data such as passwords, etc.? I'm concerned that because I reset my key it seems that I've essentially broken the 'linkage' between the two computers. Therefore, by replacing my data ''after'' I generated a new sync key, did I miss an opportunity to overwrite the former computer with data that I would have wiped from Firefox on my main computer (and then have used the ''replace all data'' function)?
Alternatively, would deleting my sync account have any effect on that former machine at this point?

What happens when you sync photos from the new computer?
The albums should be deleted when you do this.

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