My ipad has lost its sync with my mac.

For some reason my ipad is not recognised by my mac's itunes library.  It wants to delete and resync.  I have back it up manually - but I want to make sure that game settings etc are not lost forever.  If I sync (erase and reinstall) can I then back up manually the game settings / levels?
Thanks

Yes - you should be able to restore from the backup if needed and that should restore your game data - as long as you perform the manual backup before you erase and install. You may find that even if you select erase and install that everything will be OK anyway - because you are installing your own iTunes library back onto the iPad. It's not like you are syncing to a new computer - you are still syncing to your own iTunes library.
Look at this article - is this what you are experiencing by some chance?
http://itsmichaelw.com/tutorials/this-computer-has-been-previously-synced-with-a n-iphone-or-another-ios-device/
But have you tried quitting iTunes, rebooting the Mac and restarting the iPad? Sometimes I get weird messages from iTunes and if I restart all devices, things return to normal.

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