Syncing ipod touch problem

Got a new laptop as my old one is broke, when I set up a new itunes on my new laptop the itunes library will only pick up some of the songs and I do not have a back up for the rest of them. If I press sync then it says it will erase everything on my ipod that is not in my library which is quite alot of songs. Therefoe when I buy new songs on itunes or put songs on using a cd they do not go onto my ipod as I cannot sync it in the fear of losing all my older songs. Is there any way of syncing my ipod to put on new music to it without losing my old songs which will not automatically go into my itunes library?? Any help appreciated!

- Transfer iTunes purchases
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
- Transfer other music  by seeing:
newer copy
- Connect the iPod to the computer and made a backup by right clicking on the iPod under Devices in iTunes and select Back Up
- Restore the iPod from that backup.
Note that the backup does not included synced media like apps and music.

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