Frozen Syncing

I have Outlook Express on my computer. Initially when I set up my iPhone and synced, my contact list went into my IPhone. Subsequently each time I have tried to Sync my iPhone, it came up with an error message about not being able to Sync my Contacts. Now when I try to Sync - I plug in the iPhone and it iTunes just gets stuck on "Syncing Contacts" - i have left it on over night and no amount of time allows it to move past this point. As a result i cannot complete a Sync and download music or transfer purchases made on the iPhone to the iTunes library. Any suggestions very welcome as I am out of ideas.
Message was edited by: Bailey Moroney

Hello roaminggnome,
I’ve seen your posts with regard to syncing and you seem very knowledgeable. I'm hoping you might be able to help me.
Here’s my problem: My home PC crashed. I was able to get the system back up, but I had to reformat the hard drive to get it going and consequently lost all software. After resurrecting my system, I reinstalled iTunes and tried to sync my iPhone with the system. My hope was that iTunes would recognize that there had been a previous “relationship” with this particular phone and PC and a sync back to the PC would be allowed.
I understand the security features in place to prevent this type of “backwards syncing” but under my circumstances, where there has been no change in hardware, is there any way to make the software recognize the previous relationship between these two systems and allow me to sync everything from my iPhone back to the PC?
Thanks in advance for your valuable time and input.

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