Library on PC was restored, how can I make a new library?

My PC was restored as it had unrecoverable viruses and spyware etc on it. Im wanting to make a new library on my laptop for my iPhone - i dont mind about all the music not going to my laptop, i know this cant happen (i would like all the present things on my iPhone to stay though). But id still like to be able to add music and stuff to my iPhone and be able to sync it. Any help is much apprectiated.

Depending on what you have selected under the various tabs for your iPhone sync preferences with iTunes on your restored PC, nothing else on your iPhone will be touched or lost.
iTunes includes an option to transfer iTunes content from an iPod or iPhone that was purchased from the iTunes store, but this is for iTunes content that was purchased from the iTunes store only.
First you need to re-authorize your computer with your iTunes account with iTunes. After doing 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.
If any 3rd party apps do not transfer from your iPhone to your iTunes library, you can re-download the apps with iTunes on your computer and you won't be charged again for a purchased app as long as you use the same iTunes account to re-download the app that was used to purchase the app originally.
Regarding any photos that were transferred from your computer to your iPhone, the transfer process for these photos is a one way transfer process only - from your computer to your iPhone. If the photos that were stored on your computer were not included with your computer's backup, there are 3rd party apps available that provide for transferring these photos from your iPhone to your computer, but the original resolution of these photos will be lost. Photos transferred from your computer to your iPhone are optimized for viewing on your iPhone as part of the iTunes sync process, so the original resolution of these photos are reduced on your iPhone.
Such a 3rd party app also provides for transferring iTunes content from your iPhone to your computer that was not purchased from the iTunes store, but these apps are not supported by Apple.
If you are syncing contact info with a supported application on your computer and you did not include this data with your computer's backup, before syncing contact info with the supported application on your computer, enter one unique contact in the supported application on your computer. Make this contact up if needed, which can be deleted later. This will provide a merge prompt when syncing contact info, which you want to select. The same applies to syncing calendar events if you have Outlook 2003 or 2007 available and you are syncing calendar events with Outlook on your computer.

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