Can't transfer purchases after hard drive crash

My hard drive crashed and it took my library with it. When I try to sync my iPad2 I get the message that I need to transfer purchases from the iPad to the PC. I do that, but it gets stuck on step 4, the wheel keeps spinning but goes no further. I've seen this question asked here in the past, but don't see any answers.
Anyone know how to fix this? Any word from Apple?

An hour is way to long to be on that step. I have seen it take 5 or 6 minutes on my Mac and thought that was an eternity.
Are you using Windows? I'm thing maybe a fresh install of iTunes might help and my other thought is that your backup is corrupt.
I just found this in another discussion if you are running Windows.
1. Quit iTunes.
2. Start Menu -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Right Click "Command Prompt" -> "Run as Administrator"
3. In the command prompt type "netsh winsock reset" and hit ENTER.
4. Reboot your machine.
5. Restart iTunes
i know this only works on windows but it may help those that have this issue on a PC.

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