HELP!!! Not even the 133MAC crew know what to do.

Hey, I have had a search all over the net, looked at a few similar problems, but nothing quite matches my issues, and I haven't wanted to try anything too radical, as I haven't been able to backup my iPhone in a while, due to the problem below...
When I connect my iPhone 3G to my PC, the phone's homesync, everything appears to be normal. I can upload songs, I can get my Photos, create playlists with Genius etc, but then I try to Backup, and it all falls apart...
It will start normally, it says it is syncing, and the striped band moves along the bar. It will then say "Backing Up ****" and the bar will be filled about 2 percent, maybe less [?]. This continues, until it changes to read, Transferring Purchases. It then cycles through a bunch of apps I have downloaded over a Wi-Fi network at another house (Faster internet etc... Source of issues...?) Anyway, if the bar is progressing, its pretty visually indistinguishable to the eye...
And then it stops, and I get an error that says that the iPhone can not be synced, as it has been disconnected.
At first, I tried numerous different types of cords, and then choosing "Transferring Purchases" separately from the Backup option...
Nothing seems to affect it... I HAVE noticed recently, as of today (The problem has spanned a couple of weeks) it no longer prompts me to transfer or lose the purchases. It used to say that if I chose not to Transfer the Purchases, they would be lost in the Backup...
Any help would be extremely appreciated...
Thankyou in advance.
Olivier.
PS. Are SMS Messages saved in the Backup Process?

I'll go ya one more on the SMS, they are definitely backed up, along with notes, settings, home screen arrangement and a few other things that my tired little brain can't cough up right now. But I'll definitely confirm the SMS backup for ya!
Now, on to the backup issues. The standard stuff first, what version of the iPhone software, what version iTunes and Windows? Just so I know where to start....
Also, if you wished to switch to the Mac, its only the iTunes library that would have to resync, everything else will merge or simply remain as it is. You don't need to restore your iPhone to switch it to the Mac.
And one last one for ya. Check out Syphone as a way to save your SMS messages directly as text files on your computer.
Ok, that should get you started for a bit!

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