Your Ipod is synced to another computer - but this is the "other computer"

I had to reinstall all my hardware. When I reinstalled Itunes and hooked up my Ipod, I got a message saying my Ipod is synced to another computer and can only by synced to one computer. It asked if I want to erase the contents and sync to this but my laptop library was wiped out and all the songs I've downloaded are on my Ipod so if I erase all I have to start all over again. It does give the option to transfer only the songs I purchased.
Please help. Is there a way to reset things so I can sync back to this laptop?
Thanks, Dirk
presario Windows XP

I did this once successfully using a program called copypod. It's convoluted, I know, but it's the only way I could figure it out...
http://www.copypod.net/copypod.php
1. Use copypod to transfer the music from your ipod to your itunes collection on your computer's hard drive. Close iTunes, open copypod, and follow the directions. Unless you want to pay, the basic version of copypod only allows you to transfer 100 songs at a time, which might take a while if you have a huge library.
2. After you've transferred all the songs on your iPod to iTunes, plug in your ipod and when prompted if you want to 'make this computer your primary computer' answer 'yes'. This will erase your ipod but will also copy all the music from iTunes back onto your ipod. Your iPod and computer are now synched and best friends again.
The songs purchased from the apple store can be used on five different computers, so these tracks probably won't be a problem either.
Hope that works!
Byron
P4 Windows XP 3G ipod (firewire)

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I shouldn't have to do this AGAIN. Is this a problem with my wife's macbook? Because this is a recent swap. The previous Iphones had lots of problems alsoWe're talking about her phone. It only gave me this problem when last night I was playing songs from her macbook through my imac using her shared library. That's all I can think of that might have caused this problem. But I just played music from my imac to her macbook using shared and it didn't deactivate MY iphone.
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iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848
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Hello Apple Users,
I've hated this problem ever since my mom got an iPod and then the rest of my family started getting Apple products. As of now, I have an iPhone 5C (7.0.4 going to 7.0.6 soon, Green), my Mom: iPhone 5C (7.0.4 soon 7.0.6), my Dad: iPhone 5C (7.0.4 soon 7.0.6). I've had an iPod for about 3 years now and still using it to multitask. I was connected to my parents' Apple ID until I created my own.
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