Can't sync iPad with iTunes after W7 clean install

i had some PC problems & had to do a clean install. i had no problems at all with itunes & my iPad before that. my iPhone 4 synced perfectly fine (except for a few apps being lost, but no biggy), but my iPad 2 won't sync at all. i'm okay with losing apps just to get this thing to work, but here's what happens step-by-step...
i plug the iPad into my PC
i back it up successfully
i right-click on my iPad on the left side & hit Sync
nothing happens! there's not even an option for Apps on the left-hand panel.
what can i do?
thanks!

Hello,
You can try selecting the manual sync option which will give you a prompt that this will erase all data on your ipad and replace with your library. Once done, you can enable atomatic sync and try again.
Thanks,

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Posted: Mar 30, 2010 9:47 PM in response to: icefoxxxx
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