Itunes wants to erase my iPad/iPhone files

Dear Comunity
In later days I gave format to my new MacBook Pro as it came with Snow Leopard pre installed and my upgrade to Lion didn't work to good, so I decided to start from scratch installing a fresh copy of Lion OS, somehow now I'm not able to sync my iOS devices as iTunes won't recognize them as mine.
Is there a way to avoid loosing all mi data?
Thank you guys,
Fernando

You are supposed to include your iTunes library with your computer's backup along with all other important data stored on an external drive or some other external media used for backup purposes only. This is important regardless the platform since a computer's hard drive can have a partial or complete failure with no warning, but even more so with Windows due to constant virus, adware, and spyware concerns. The iPhone is not designed or intended to be used as a backup storage device.
Did you lose all important data on your computer's hard drive, or just your iTunes library? This won't be the last time you reformat your hard drive and/or have to reinstall Windows, so you should start including your iTunes library with your computer's backup along with all other important data - updated regularly.
iTunes includes an option to transfer iTunes content that was purchased/downloaded from the iTunes store from an iPod, iPad, or iPhone, but this is for iTunes content that was purchased/downloaded from the iTunes store only.
First you need to re-authorize your computer with your iTunes account with iTunes if you have not already done so. With your iPhone connected and without syncing, at the iTunes menu bar go to File and select Transfer Purchases From - the name of your iPhone.

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tachi0432 wrote:
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