Can't sync music to my iPhone 3GS....Help!

Need some assistance please. I can not sync any of my music to my iPhone.
The most common error message I get is the following; " iPhone can not be synced. The disk could not be read from or written to." I'm also getting time out errors. Funny thing is everything else syncs without any problems (ringtones, photos, apps, etc.).
I've restored my iPhone from a backup & also to factory new settings. I've restored it from my PC & from another PC. Nothing seems to work.
I recently upgraded my PC to Windows 7 but that is not the cause of the problem. It was working fine. Thinking that was the problem, I installed my iPhone from a Windows Vista PC...still no luck.
I can not synce any music or playlist.
Any suggestions? This is driving me crazy!
Thanks...Mike

If one of your music files is damaged, iTunes may display that error message when attempting to transfer that file to your iphone. Try un-checking your music to identify the problem child.

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