Two itunes libraries

The music on my iphone is evidently from an older itunes library that I have. Both have the same username and password (this and the newer itunes account that now opens on my desktop.) I cannot get the two to sync music without "removing" (losing?) all of the older music on my iphone. How can I get the two to sync? I want the library from my iphone to be the library that opens on my PC desktop but instead it's a newer library with lots of music that I myself have never personally downloaded.

Wesley
The suggestions given sound good. Here's another that I use which allows me to have one library with the bulk of my music on an external drive; and another library that uses the iTunes default music folder (or you can change that as well).
http://www.dougscripts.com/itunes/itinfo/ituneslibrarymanager.php
And for further info on using this, try MacWorld secrets, title of the article is "what's mine is mine."
http://www.macworld.com/2003/12/secrets/mac911/index.php
nÔÔdle--h?ad

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