Attempting to copy to the disk "C" failed

Hello everyone. Trying to sync my 3G and once it gets to synching purchased songs and applications an error box pops up with:
Attempting to copy to the disk "C" failed. The disk could not be read from or written to.
I have no idea what this means or what I can do about it. Help please.

This article has a good set of troubleshooting steps: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1207
Have you tried them yet?

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