Cannot detect iPhone 3GS

I was restoring my iPhone 3GS when I accidentally pulled out the USB wire from the port. However, when I tried to insert it back, Windows and iTunes both could not detect my iPhone. Does anyone know how to solve this?

1. First, launch disk utility app., select your hard drive & repair permissions. See if that fixes the problem. You can also Launch the Image Capture application in your Applications folder with your iPhone attached to see if Image Capture recognizes your iPhone. If it does, you can use Image Capture for the import followed by importing the photos into iPhone. This will also determine if the problem lies with iPhoto or something else.
2. You can share apps with up to 5 computers per the SLA. Just connect the phone with the apps you want to share to the itunes account you want to share them with. DO NOT SYNC! Go uo to file & select Transfer purchases made on this ipod to this computer. All purchased content, including music will be transferred to this account.

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Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion g4 Notebook PC
iTunes 11.0.2.26
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FairPlay 2.3.31
Apple Application Support 2.3.3
iPod Updater Library 10.0d2
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Subnet Mask:          0.0.0.0
Default Gateway:          0.0.0.0
DHCP Enabled:          Yes
DHCP Server:
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DNS Servers:
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IP Address:          0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask:          0.0.0.0
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DHCP Enabled:          Yes
DHCP Server:
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DNS Servers:
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DHCP Server:          192.168.1.1
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Online:                    Yes
Using Modem:          No
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Before I changed USB ports (more on that in a sec...), I employed one of your suggestions that you gave to someone else with the same problem...and that was to clean the connector on the bottom of the phone with a soft dry tooth brush. I couldn't believe the amount of lint that came out! Especially what was found in either end...had to do some very careful picking. (Almost enough lint to knit a small sweater!!)
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