IPhone 3GS 8GB Freezes when restoring

I had to restore my Iphone 3GS this morning and I've been trying to solve this problem all day. On itunes where it says 'Restoring iPhone Software...' at the top, it gets to about 50% of the way across and it it just stops whilst on the phone screen the progress bar is at approximately 20%. I've left it for a few hours and tried a lot of times all with the same result. Anyone had any similar problems or know any solutions?
My phone is not Jailbroken and I do not have wifi sync installed on my PC.

Just left it over night and it's done the same, anyone got any ideas?

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