Syncing onto iphone 4s

I just I got an iphone 4s, and I tried to sync it to my MacBook. It wiped out all of my contacts and photos, and didn't sync any of my music. How can I sync my music onto my iphone without wiping it completely out?

Then you should try recreating your iTunes library
Close itunes
1. Quit iTunes.
2. Locate your iTunes folder (this is the folder that contains the iTunes Library and iTunes Library.xml files).
Microsoft Windows 7
\Users\[your username]\My Music\
3. Open your iTunes folder.
4. Drag the "iTunes Library.xml" and "iTunes Library.itl" files to the Desktop.
6. Open iTunes. - it should be empty
7. Go back to your My music\iTunes folder, and you should see a iTunes media folder you will want to re-add that back in to iTunes.
8. Then Try resyncing

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