iPhone backup location

Sometimes the iPhone backups by iTunes can be lost when your operating system gets crashed, virus-affected, or even you have to restore the whole operating system. For such things you have to make a copy for the iPhone backups that were done by iTunes, and go to the iPhone backup location to copy the files to other hard drives.

The iPhone backup location by iTunes varies from different operating system. Here is the list of location for various operating systems.

Windows 7:
C:\Users\[YourUserName]\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\

Windows Vista:
C:\Users\[YourUserName]\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\

Windows XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\[YourUserName]\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup

Mac:
/Users/i[YourUserName]/Library/Application Support/MobileSync

What iTunes store to iPhone backup location?

SMS, picture in SMS, contacts, calendar, note, photos, recent call history, favourite, voice records, email settings, Safari settings, App settings(such as game saving, stanza books), and other iPhone configurations. You can restore all above data from iPhone backup files through iTunes to your iPhone.