Transferring data from iphone to new computer

Please can someone help me and tell me how to do this?  i am only semi computer literate and have spent hours trying to work this out!  I still ahve my old computer but it is so ancient it cannot really be accessed successfully,
i have bought a laptop but need to transfer my iphone stuff onto my itunes account on my laptop but everytime i try to sync it just tells me that i can only sync with one computer at a time and i have no idea how to in effect de-register with the old one so i can successfully transfer all my phones into onto my laptop?
please can someone help me and prevent me going insane!

The iphone is not a backup device.  It simply mirrors the selected content of your computer.
You need to copy everything from your old computer, or your backup copy of your old comptuer, to your new one.

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    - Yamipod (free) - http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/downloads/ - PC, Linux, Mac [Still updated for use on newer devices? No edits to site since 2010.]
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    Copying Content from your iPod to your Computer - The Definitive Guide - http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/copying-music-from-ipod-to-co mputer/ - Information about use in disk mode pertains only to older model iPods.
    Get Your Music Off of Your iPod - http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Get_Your_Music_Off_of_Your_iPod - I am not sure but this may only work with some models and not newer Touch, iPhone, or iPad.
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    isn't a whole bunch of stuff that is easily found via online search
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    Most of the sync information on how to move stuff, tends to delete
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    back to some pre-used state or default initialization. There must
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    items, perhaps if you can upload content there, it can be saved
    into a computer via email (wireless, etc) and save it that way?
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    called (iTunes, backward) may work. I have not read a lot about
    it, though it has been around awhile. Not sure what else it can do.
    • Senuti - recover music from your iPod, iPhone, or iPad to your Mac:
    http://www.fadingred.com/senuti/
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    also uniquely unqualified to offer a functioning reply to this topic.
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