Epic problem old laptop is dead.

hi guys,
i had a laptop with vista which completly died on me and now doesnt even turn on now i have a new laptop with windows 7. the problem i have is that i need to transfer evrything off my iphone to the laptop i know how to get my music off my iphone with 3rd party software but i need a way of getting my messages and contacts off aswell. please help me. thanks.

Welcome to the discussions,
You'll need to backup manually.
Disable autosync in iTunes, connect your phone to your new computer and right click on it in the device list and choose backup. iTunes will backup your phone without syncing. Transfer your purchases by selecting "transfer purchases".
When you connect your phone for the first time, all media content will be erased. But you can restore your settings and app data from your manual backup afterwards.
Don't forget to set up at least one contact and event on your new computer to be able to merge calendars and contacts when you sync the phone for the first time.
About backups and what's saved: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
How to back up and restore: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
How to download apps for free again: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519

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1) I can't drag songs onto my phone 4 - I keep getting a red circle icon with a line going through. It won't let me add songs. What's this about?
2) It won't let me transfer purchases from my phone to itunes - It tries and after awhile it says there's some sync failure.
3) When I go into the phone music library itunes won't let me sort the songs by artist, album etc. I can't click on the tabs at the top to change anything.
4) There are a number of songs that appear greyed out on my phone which indicates missing songs. They skip when I try to play them. I don't know why or when this happened (probably when I tried to sync with my new laptop), but what is the cause and how can I get these songs back?
5) Also, the cloud column always says "waiting" - is this supposed to be the case?
I am using Windows 7 64-bit and have authorised my comp to use itunes. I also deactivated authorisation on the old laptop cos I wasn't sure if that was stopping it, but I don't know what else to do.
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