ITunes doesn't see new iPhone for restore -- can I use recovery mode?

I am trying to upgrade 3G/iOS3.0->3GS/iOS4 on a Windows XP box with latest iTunes 9.2. I have backed up (and synched, but who cares) my old phone (3G). I expect, per various docs, that when I plug in the new (3GS) it will ask me to set up new, or restore, but instead it goes through some long registration dance (even though I've asked NOT to do this), which when I cancel out of (or even when I don't), I end up with the new (connected) phone not appearing in iTunes. I don't know what's going on, but I wonder, can I just bypass all this by putting the new phone in recovery mode and then doing the restore, or will that trash the OS as well (which would be bad, bcs the old phone is on 3.0, and the new one is on 4.0, so I don't really want the old phone's OS overwriting the new one! -- I guess I don't understand recovery mode, so I'm afraid of it.)

jeffshrager wrote:
Update: Actually, I let the scary registration song-and-dance go through and it seems to have done the right thing (or, at least it's doing it as we speak...I'm sure you'll hear a loud scream if it fails!) But my question stands: Could I have don't this by putting the new phone into recovery mode and done the restore that way, or would that have done something untoward?
Give yourself a solved!!!!! LOL
And yes, Apple forces you to go through the registration process. It is what it is.
As for your issue on recovery vs. restore, I'm not sure what you mean. Aren't they essentially the same thing?
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