Reversing Sync for contacts from initial set-up

I recently changed computers. On my first set up with my new computer, I synchronised the iphone with my computer and everything I had inputted into outlook 2007 had been lost. How do I change the initial sync so that my iphone syncs both ways for my outlook contacts?

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, all the contacts are on the computer (or were) until I synchronised thinking the information would be taken from my computer but insead it was taken from my ophone of which I had del;eted all the contacts on...... therefore leaving me with no contacts whatsoever! I bet you could imagine my first initial expletives?!
Is there anyway of changing the initial sync from when I first registered the phone on itunes. Ideally, I would like to be able to sync in both directions going forward so that this does not happen again.
Thanks,
Alex

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