1st time syncing since initial sync after purchase

This is a general question. My boss's wife has an iPhone 3G (possibly 3GS). After she bought the phone a couple of years ago she synced it for the first time on her son's computer (Windows- not sure what version). She has never synced it since. I just showed her how to download music from iTunes via phone & PC. She only has some apps on phone and one (Yes, ONE) song on her iPhone. She wants to use pc at work as her computer to sync with. Will she lose all data like ipods do when she syncs to new pc? The one song is no big deal. She is more worried about apps (most if not all are free that she has) and contacts and photos. Thanks for help and sorry this is long-winded. She has a lot to learn to realize the potential of her 2yr old iPhone. Thanks for any help!

Yes, she will lose everything if she just hooks up to and sync's with what will be regarded as a "new" computer. If you will just look back over the last 2 or 3 pages of posts, this question has honestly been asked at least 10 times just this week alone. There are some excellent answers on the exact sequence which needs to followed. Search under or look for synching to new computer, or computer crash. This is doable.

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Good evening, hopefully you can help a poor fellow in a big problem. Tried to sync - 1st time - ITunes on a new computer. Instead of syncing, it wiped all the music files off of my IPod Series 4.
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