Sync Probs after moving to Windows 7 on a new hard drive

Hi, I desperately hope that you can help me.
I have a 2G iPhone and moved from Windows XP to Windows 7. I did the same on another PC with an iPod, and it worked flawless, moved the library to the new folder, bingo.
But with the iPhone it didn't work. iTunes doesn't recognize the phone correctly, and iTunes doesn't recognize the library.
Is there any way to reinstall the iPhone from one of the previous automatic backups, so that iTunes recognizes it after the procedure?
Can someone please tell me in which folder the backup files usually are? I still have the old hard drive in my PC, only with a different drive letter now, but all folders/files are still there.
Thanks a lot in advance!
Best regards,
Peter

Peter Hahn wrote:
Thanx for the quick reply, Jason, BUT:
1st article didn't help, because the iPhone is recognized, but not anymore as the iPhone it was...
From the 2nd article I located the 'Backup' folder, but it only contains a bunch of files with extensions .mddata, .mdinfo and three .plist files, but no .ipsw file to backup from.
Try quitting iTunes> copying the folder from your backup drive to the new drive(place in location mentioned in the article above)> then launch iTunes again> and restore the iPhone from backup.
Any more ideas please?
Would it let's say get me back to normal if I 'buy' all programs again from my account? Because if I log into my account it doesn't recognize that I already downloaded and bought anything? Or does iTunes and the iTunes store think I'm coming here with another brandnew iPhone and have to buy it all over again?
Of course I can restore everything manually this way, but it's a pain...
You can download the apps again for free, but that will not recover any saved data that is stored in the iPhone backup.
Also, iTunes can switch between multiple library folders by holding shift while you launch it. This article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1589 provides more details. So, you may have to point iTunes to the music library, if it's still on the backup drive.
If you decide to move the iTunes library folder, this article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1364 will help ensure nothing is lost.
-Jason

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