My hard drive crashed and i can't sync my ipad and iphone

the hard drive on my PC crashed. My tec was able to save my music and other itunes items. He copied itunes back onto the new drive. I went to sync my iphone and ipad and it would not saying this computer is not the one these i(phone & pad) are not synced to. Help, Help. Help!!

Your iTunes account won't include your non-iTunes purchased e.g. music copied from CDs etc, nor photos that were synced from a computer.
To get non-iTunes music you will have to go via a computer. If you don't have that music on, for example, an external drive, then there are some programs listed half-way down this page which should be able to copy them back from a device : https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991
For photos that were originally synced from a computer then there are apps such as Simple Transfer which can copy them between devices and/or to a computer (though photos are 'optimised' as part of the syncing process, so if you do copy them back to a computer then they might not be the same as they were on your laptop).
There is also this page for syncing to a new computer : https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141

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the computer repair centre replaced my hard drive and reformatted my computer.
now when i plug my iphone in to itunes all of my music is grey and i cannot update or change anything when i am using my same computer as it appears to think i am trying to plug my iphone in to a new computer.
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can anyone help me out? is there a way around this? or a way to back my files, contacts and messages up?
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Are you saying you don't have a backup of your data & itunes library? If that's the case, follow these directions:
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http://www.wideanglesoftware.com/touchcopy/index.php
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2. Make sure you have one contact & one event in whatever programs you use for that purpose on your computer. The entries can be fake, doesn't matter, the important point is that these programs not be empty.
3. Connect your phone, itunes running, do not sync at this point.
4. Store>Authorize this computer.
5. File>Transfer Purchases(To make sure all purchased content on your phone will be in your itunes library).
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7. Right click again and select backup.
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