HT203167 Scared to sync iphone...feel like a moron.

Hi-
My harddrive had to be wiped out and restored due to virus.  It's fixed now, and I've downloaded itunes, but I'm afraid that when I plug my phone in to udate it, my itunes library will be wiped out because the harddrive no longer has these files anywhere.  I know that there must be a safe way to do this, since people buy new computers all of the time, but it makes me nervous. Thanks for any advice
-Nikki

"but I'm afraid that when I plug my phone in to udate it, my itunes library will be wiped out because the harddrive no longer has these files anywhere."
That will certainly happen.  Iphone will simply mirror the selected content of the computer to which you sync.  If your computer has no content then the content from the iphone will eb erased.
It has always been very basic to always maintain a backup copy of your computer for this very purpose.  Use your backup copy of the comptuer to put everything back.

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