I just bought an iphone 4s from a friend and it will not sync to iTunes

I just bought an iphone 4s and the phone will not sync to itune. I have the music that I bought from itunes but not my other music. And when I do plug the phone up to my computer it will say that the phone is hooked up but iTunes will not show my phone like my ipod shuffle shows up on iTunes.

Go through this support document
iOS: Device not recognised in iTunes
Windows: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538

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