Uninstall then Reinstall itunes--Will I lose my iphone backup files?

My "other" capacity on my iphone ballooned to 8.88GB's (a currupt file I guess).
To fix it, I sync'ed my iphone with itunes, restored it to factory setting successfully, and now there seems to be no way to restore to MY previous settings. The iphone works, but the itunes screen will not change when I click on the phone on the left to allow me to sync it or anything now.
If I uninstall/reinstall itunes will it keep all my data and allow me to get to my backup to restore the phone?
Basically, my phone is now restored to my factory settings, and my itunes is not working correctly so I can't access my backup files.
Any suggestions?
Win XP
iphone software 2.01 (I think)
Itunes 8.1
http://discussions.apple.com/edit!default.jspa?messageID=8235288

^^^I was also getting and error about "dataclass information from sync services." A few threads about that error lead me to uninstalling all apple software on my PC and then reinstalling itunes.
It worked and now I'm in the process of restoring my phone with minimal lost data I hope!

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The library files are in:
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Close iTunes and wait about 30 seconds.
Copy iTunes Library.itl and iTunes Music Library.xml somewhere else e.g. into the Previous iTunes Libraries folder.
To restore, with iTunes closed drag the current itl and xml file from the iTunes folder to the desktop, then copy the backup iTunes Library.itl into the iTunes folder. The xml file isn’t necessary but can come in handy if the library needs to be recreated and the itl file is causing problems.

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hi,
no, but might be worrth making a backup!

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