Re-syncing after computer reset

To make a long story short, I had to reinstall OS X Leopard on my iMac today. Unfortunately, this erased all info in iTunes. Now, my phone will not sync with iTunes without erasing all the music and audio books I have on my iPhone. What do I need to do here?

Welcome to the discussions,
Disable autosync in itunes, connect your phone, right click on it in the device list and choose backup.
This will save data, pictures taken with the phone and settings to itunes. See what's included in this backup here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
Transfer your purchases the same way to copy all apps and bought media from the Store to your computer. Set up at least one contact and event on your computer to be able the merge your calendars and contacts after your phone got wiped during the first sync.
The rest of the data can be restored from the backup you made.
Restoring: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
There is 3rd party software out there to copy music and other data you did not buy in itunes to your computer, but not supported by Apple, see this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2013615&tstart=0

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