iTunes only gives iPhone 5 the option to restore from backup or eject

Its been about 2 weeks since I posted this question and have gotten no responses. Has no one come across this before? If you have, how did you manage to get your computer to allow you to do a backup to the computer?

Currently, my only options are to restore from my wifes backup or set the phone up as new, neither of which is what I want to do.

If I attempt to backup to the cloud, will this then allow me to use the computer to do a backup or am I stuck in this situation until I set the phone up as new and lose all that is on the phone?

Any suggestions from anyone who has gone through this is greatly appreciated.

- Dan

So no one has come across this issue and found a solution?

Just wanted to update all that I have found a solution to my problem.

Apparently you can create another iTunes library by holding down the Shift Key on a PC when starting iTunes but I found this to not give me the option to backup my phone. It still just gives me the same options to set up as new or restore from backup.

The option that does work is to create a new user on your PC and then fire up iTunes and it will allow you to sync and backup your phone as we have been trying to.

I guess creating another library is still allowing iTunes to see the first library and not completely treating it as a separate library, but by creating a new user and logging into that user account, it completely separates the databases when running iTunes.

Hope this helps others.

- Dan

I would like to preface that I have NOT tried what I am about to post.

I came across this forum post that seems to answer the question I originally posted above.

The post is will itunes erase my iphone if I set it up as new?

Based on this post, it seems that if I create a new library using the hold Shift Key while starting ITunes and then selecting Create library, and then starting iTunes in this new library, when connecting my iphone I should be able to select the Setup as new and then based on the postings in the above link, give the phone a name and it should backup the phone without deleting anything from it.

Again, I have not tried this myself as I finally broke down and created a new user on my PC to do the backup. I came across this link after I had finished my backup.

Just thought someone might find this useful.

Dan