iPhone Backup Question....

[Rob]

I know the iPhone totally back's itself up to your computer when you plug it in, so plugging in a new iphone means you can have it back to how your one is in a matter of minutes, but what happens the other way around???

I have an iPhone full of stuff and I'm about to reboot my computer, I've moved everything of value onto an external HDD, but I don't want to plug my iPhone in after and it tell me it needs to wipe everything?!

 

[Rob]

Anybody? Really wanna reset my pc now but dont wanna mess with my iPhone!

 

[Gally]

Sorry mate, hopefully get it sorted.

Ask in the iphone thread might help.

 

[safe9998]

You just need to reboot the pc???

I don't understand what the issue is?

 

[Andy.]

Do you mean format your PC?

It is possible to keep your phone linked to a new itunes installation or to sync it with two PC's. It is not too difficult to do, just follow the steps in the guide below (you will have to save some files from the old disk before you format it!):

I did it when I upgraded to windows 7 and it worked perfectly.

http://www.andrewgrant.org/2008/03/30/how-to-sync-an-iphone-with-two-or-more-computers.html

 

[Rob]

Yeah I'm going to format my pc, cheers for the link, I'll check it out when I'm not on my iPhone!

I'm now strugglig to format my pc and am afraid that there is nothing I can do to get t to format, in which case I'll cry :-(