ITunes not permitting music transfer/edit

I am running an iPhone 3GS on 3.1.3 and iTunes latest version.
I recently had to wipe my computer completely (reformat) for various reasons.
When I re-installed iTunes and plugged my phone in, my device was recognised and all the drivers installed correctly. I can see all the music on my phone but not edit it in any way which is extremely frustrating!!
Is there any way which I can edit iTunes' settings so I can access my music etc without having to restore my iPhone (losing EVERYTHING on it) and start from scratch?
I normally wouldn't mind, but I have so much music on it that I have given custom album art to (manually!!) and I would be annoyed if I had to re-do all that again!
Thanks again for any help!
-Peter

This is one of the reasons why backing up the data on your computer is so important. You wouldn't be in this fix had you done so.
By design, the iphone will sync itunes content with ONE computer at a time. Any attempt to sync such content with a second computer will result in ALL itunes content being first erased from your phone & then replaced with the content from the second computer. This is a design feature & cannot be overridden. Because you re-formatted your computer, your phone sees it as a "second" computer.
The itunes content sync is ONE WAY: computer to phone. Disable auto sync when an iphone/ipod is connected under preferences in itunes(under the edit menu if using windows). Connect your phone, DO NOT SYNC, go up to Store>Authorize this Computer, then File>Transfer Purchases. Your purchased content will be transferred to your itunes library. For music ripped on your own or photos synced to your phone, you will have to use third party software to FIRST extract such from your phone BEFORE you sync:
http://www.wideanglesoftware.com/touchcopy/index.php
Make sure you have one unique entry in whatever supported applications you use for contact & calendar syncing BEFORE you sync. This will generate a merge or replace prompt when you do sync, select MERGE.
To avoid this in the future, back up your data.

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