IPhone 4 - switching sync from Mac to PC

Ugh, I can't believe I'm actually writing this...
I just got a new iPhone 4 and am devastated to discover that I can't use my Mac to set it up or sync as it's running 10.4.11 - yeah I know, I didn't realise, only myself to blame etc etc.
Anyway, I'm forced to look at the only alternative currently open to me - using my much loathed PC running XP to set up my new phone. I've downloaded and installed iTunes, my question is how do I backup my iPhone 3G, all its apps, music and info to the PC version of iTunes and then transfer it to the iPhone 4? When I try to sync the apps it just says the contents of the iPhone will be deleted etc.
This is a temporary scenario until I can upgrade my Mac to 10.5, at the moment there's not enough space to install it and as I'm at a critical stage in an important work contract I don't want to risk messing up my Mac by trying anything clever/stupid.

First, on your XP machine, turn off iTunes autosync by going to Edit, Preferences, Devices, "Prevent iDevices from syncing automatically".
On my XP laptop, itunes has a folder in the Music folder for the user (me). It shows up as "My Music". If you put all the itunes data from your mac into that folder, then select in itunes "Add folder to library" on the itunes File menu for the user/music, itunes will bring it in.
Make a list of all your apps, to ensure they are all brought in. If some are missing, you can redownload them.
I am not sure if itunes puts all music/data in the itunes folder, but you probably know more about the mac side than me.
One thing to keep in mind, you may already have music in that folder or the my music folder so you need to merge the files, not totally replace them.
After the import, sort your music and check for duplicates.
As always perform a full backup of all data before trying anything like this.
Hope this helps....

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