Help! phone will no longer sync!

I lost my original iphone so i replaced it with a 3g 16gig one. i synced it with my computer just fine with no problems for several months. i plugged it in one day and all of a sudden itunes kept saying that my phone was already synced with another computer and if i wanted to sync it with my computer it would erase all content on my phone (not the exact words but close!)! the apple genius told me when i connect to my computer that i can just choose to back it up so i did. well the screen on that phone shattered so i got a new one. when i connected the new one to my computer i set it up with the back up file from my shattered one, but i still can not sync it. is there a way to sync my phone with two different computers or is there a file somewhere on my computer that i can modify or delete that has the sync the info in it or something? i basically want to know how i can sync my new phone with my computer and be able to import all my info (i.e. contacts, ect) to my new phone without having to do them manually! hope that all makes sense!!! any help appreciated! thanks!

If you were syncing contacts before then they are all in your computers address book. So if you just sync new phone it will take from your address book and put on your phone.

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