Why does my laptop take me straight to my photos when i plug in my iphone 5?

I have a new laptop that i have yet to backup my iphone 5. So i'm trying to backup my ihpone 5 to my windows 8 laptop, but every time i plug it in it just takes me to my photos. It has imoprted my photos and my apps, but I can't find the place to sync or backup. It won't show up on my phone or laptop either. It just takes me straight to my photos, so i exit and go to my itunes, but all it has is the music and apps, but no home page to sync or restore or backup. So how to I find that? Its not showing up when i plug in any other iphones either.

You need to start iTunes and update it, plug in the device, it should pop up on the right, a blue tab. You click on that and in those menus it gives you the option to back up.

If iTunes does not detect your iPhone:
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Re: itunes not detecting iphone
Aug 31, 2012 7:34 AM (in response to Rohi98765)
Hi,

Connect your iPhone and launch the Device manager

Look for the iPhone entry and select it.

Click on Reinstall the drivers.

Once done try to open iTunes.

Hope this helps"

That's why I love my Andriod. Drag and drop. No iTunes bs.