How to get Itunes media on iPhone back to PC or ITunes?

Hi all,
I have an IPHONE 4S, and (I wont bore you with the details) I have all of my purchased music on it (downloaded from ITUNES) and all of my CD installed music on my laptop. This was due to a catastrophic loss of media folder, and me attempting to re-build my library.
Using the "Transfer purchases from Iphone" option in Itunes does nothing.
I have even purchased "Media Widget" to assist me with this, but just says "0 of 0 files transferred" - there are over 300 files!
Does anyone have any ideas? I am suspecting it is the Apple download restriction piece causing the problem, as it wont let me download previous purchases from I-Tunes, stating "already downloaded" even though I have the dreaded "i" alongside each of the missing tracks due to my media folder loss mentioned above (dont ask! :-))
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance.
Steve

Hi, I have recently erased and synced new music from my USB onto itunes however i realised I was also synced with my sisters iphone library, i had 260 songs on previously now I have 120 where has all my music gone, I tried backing up and nothin has been restored.
Also will it be erased from her itunes?
Please help thank you

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