Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

alent1234

macrumors 603
Original poster
Jun 19, 2009
5,688
170
my HD died and our helpdesk gave me a new one. had to reinstall windows from scratch. my ipad 2 syncs to my work laptop.

anyway to get it to sync again without restoring as new? haven't got any of the old data yet.
 

jgaz

macrumors member
Dec 30, 2007
34
4
Colorado
you should be able to create a backup of your phone on the new hdd. do that first before trying to sync so you don't loose anything.

make sure on iTunes under preferences>devices that automatic syncing is turned off

then right click on the name of your phone under devices in the left hand menu, should be an option to backup phone from there.

from same menu you can also select transfer purchases

then you can try syncing and if it doesn't work at least you have the backup
 
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.