2G Iphone wont connect to MacBook

My wife has a MacBook that recently lost it's hard drive. It was actually warrantied (after 4 years). I restored her laptop using time machine. I tried to connect her 2G iPhone to back it up and iTunes did not recognize that there was an iphone connected. I connected her phone to my MacBook Pro which immediately recognized the iphone in itunes. I upgraded the iphone software to the most recent OS. I also ran repair permissions 3 times on the mac book and also ran Disc Warrior and Drive Genius. I still have no success in connecting the iPhone to the MacBook. I know the USB ports are working as I connected a portable USB drive to these ports and it booted. Any Suggestions?

On the MacBook, reinstall the latest version of iTunes (no need to uninstall anything first). If that doesn't work, remove and reinstall AMDS:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1747

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