Comp crashed need to sync to new comp

the computer I normally sync to crashed and I need to sync to my fiance's computer which she already uses for her iphone. I'm curious what we need to do to make sure that she doesn't lose everything when I sync my iphone to her computer. She wants to make sure that she retains her contacts and calendar. She's already put all her music on her external harddrive but we can't find the contacts or calendar on her computer to be able to move them to the external.
Thanks for any help
Allen

you do not need to sync contacts with her computer if you dont want to or calendar however you should be syncing them somewhere your biggest issue is going to be the applications as they are drm protected to the itunes account used to purchased her applications will not run on your phone unless your using her itunes account and vice versa
the easiest way to do this without causing a problem is by creating a separate user account on the computer so you can sync to your own personal account with contacts, applications, and calendar

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