HELP! Iphone 5 set up - backing up from itunes

I am trying to set up my iphone 5 and restore from itunes back up but when i plug it in it wont sync to my itunes so i therefore cant set it up? I had an iphone 3gs before. Please help.

I seem to be having a similar problem,my iP5 asks me to connect to iTunes in order to set up from there, as I have my back-up on my computer, but there's no option to set-up from a previous back-up, like there was with my iP4 and my iPad. If I sync my phone, it transfers content from iTunes, but nowhere near what was on the iP4, and when I disconnect it, I just get the set-up screen! Aaarrrgggg!

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