Why won't my ipod sync to new computer?

I recently used Itunes' "Home Share" feature to transfer my music from an old laptop to a new one. Unfortunately, I can not get my ipod to sync to my new laptop. Can anyone give me any suggestions as to how to get the ipod to sync to the new laptop?
Thanks!

Well they had to have come from somewhere because you download tracks directly from the iTunes Store to an iPod Classic. They had to have been added to the iPod via the sync process or dragged to the iPod from another iTunes library.
As long as these tracks are still on your iPod and not on iTunes, you'll keep receiving this prompt from iTunes every time you connect it. So you'll want to remove them from your iPod.
If I look at the info on the songs, they were all supposedly purchased on the date that I installed itunes on my new computer.
Does it also list your iTunes Apple ID as the account that was used to download these tracks?
B-rock

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