Same iPhone wrong library

I've recently upgraded my PC and in my haste to get it up and running I forgot to export my iTunes library. Having installed iTunes on my new PC and transferring the same music contained on my phone to a folder on my new HD(except for one album that somehow was not in the folder ARG!!) I fire up iTunes and when I plug in my iphone all the music is greyed out. Apparenlty iTunes wants me to erase my phone and authorize to the new library (which is the old library as far as contents go). Is there a way to get my phone to work with this library without wiping it all out and starting over? I keep my iPods on manually manage at all times cause my PC library changes frequently and I never want any surprises popping up on my phone nor do I want all the music as that would exceed my available storage. If there is a way to get my iphone to work with my "new" library without having to loose everything on my iphone to do it that would be fantastic.

The transfer of content from sources such as songs imported from CD is designed by default to be one way from iTunes to the iPod and iPhone. However there are a few third party utilities that are advertised as iPhone and iPod Touch compatible which can be used to retrieve the music files and playlists etc. Have a look at the web sites and help pages for these ones and see what you think or check the web for reviews:
SharePod Windows Only (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
TuneJack Windows Only (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iGadget Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iRepo Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPod Access Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
TouchCopy Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)

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