Synching IPhone on new PC (w/o backup)

Hello,
Nearly a year ago I purchased my first IPhone (Hurray… ), (3Gs) and I am very satisfied with it every day since.
However, I have one problem:
I synched the IPhone with ITunes on the PC I used at work back then. Since July I don`t work for that company anymore, and did not have the chance to create a backup disk of my ITunes data. Since then I did not synch my IPhone with ITunes on my private PC, because I don`t want to lose my saved Emails, contacts, pictures, etc… .
Question: Is there any possibility to synch my IPhone on my private PC without losing my data (i have no backup...)?
I am thankful for any help,
Alf

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