Reformatted PC. Itunes cannot sync all on my iPhone3gs, all is grayed

Hi Guys,
need badly your help on this, i had reformatted my PC and don't have any backup..i installed itunes again. but when i connected my iphone and the itunes open normally but i found out i can't sync all (music, photos etc..) and can't play music also because all is like disabled/ grayed...
any solutions guys will be appreciated... i research for almost 1 week now but don't get the right answer. thank you.
ps. i dont mind loosing my songs or pics in my iphone, just want to make my itunes be normal again..

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