Two issues - Missing songs and retrieving music from another computer

HELP! I used to have a PC that I used for managing my Itunes and photos. Well, a few days ago, that computer went to computer heaven and won't even turn on. So, my husband had a MAC laptop sitting around so I decided to re-import all of my CD's into Itunes on that MAC. I know I can get my purchased music into Itunes on the MAC, BUT, what if some of my purchases were not checked during my last sync, and therefore are not on my IPOD? Are they gone? Surely not! At least I hope not.
#2, Has anyone ever seen the issue where you import a CD, go to your list of music, and only a handful of the songs from that CD are there? I'm having that issue as well.
Any help/guidance would be greatly appreciated.

*what if some of my purchases were not checked during my last sync, and therefore are not on my IPOD? Are they gone? Surely not! At least I hope not.*
If you didn't make a back-up of your purchases to restore from then I'm sorry to say that the policy on lost purchases is that you have to pay to download them again:
"Once a Product is purchased and you receive the Product, it is your responsibility not to lose, destroy, or damage the Product, and Apple shall be without liability to you in the event of any loss, destruction, or damage." iTunes Store: Purchased content can be downloaded only once
You could try contacting the iTunes Music Store Customer Service and you might be able to persuade them to sanction a second free download. There have been occasional reports in the iTunes forum of this happening, however just be aware that they are not under any obligation to do so. If you click on the link at the bottom of this page you'll be able to email your query: iTMS Customer Service
You might also want to check out these pages for future reference:
How to back up your media in iTunes
Back up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive

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