Restore WinXP, will I lose my info if I reinstall itunes ?

Question

I had to restore my Sony Notebook computer because of problems.
If I reinstalled itunes, will it copy all my info from the iphone to the itune program?? including contacts too ?
I dont want to dock the iphone until I know for sure I wont lose my contacts.
Thanks.

Answer 1

Did you include your iTunes library with your computer's backup along with all other important data before restoring your computer?
In regards to iTunes content, an iPhone can be synced with an iTunes library on a single computer only. When syncing iTunes content with a different computer, all iTunes content on your iPhone that was transferred to your iPhone from another computer will be erased first. The same applies to photos transferred to your iPhone via the iTunes sync process. Your iPhone will detect your computer as a new or different computer since you restored it - even if you included your iTunes library with your computer's backup and restore your iTunes library from your backup after restoring your computer.
Contact info is designed to be synced with a supported address book application on your computer. With XP, this can be with Outlook 2003 or 2007 along with syncing calendar events, or with the address book used by Outlook Express.
When syncing iTunes content with a new or different computer, contact info on your iPhone will not be erased or touched, unless you are syncing contact info with a supported address book application on your computer.
If you are syncing contact info and calendar events with Outlook 2003 or 2007 and you didn't include your Outlook data with your computer's backup before restoring your computer - your Outlook address book and calendar is empty, before syncing this data with Outlook, enter one contact in the address book and one calendar event in Outlook. Make these up if needed, which can be deleted later. This will provide a merge prompt when syncing this data, which you want to select. The same applies to the address book used by Outlook Express before syncing contact info with the address book used by OE.
If you didn't include your iTunes library with your computer's backup before restoring your computer, 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. 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.
iTunes includes a preference setting to disable automatic syncing when any iPod or iPhone is connected. Go to iTunes preferences. Under the devices tab, select disable automatic syncing for iPhones and iPods before connecting your iPhone.