Items in the iTunes library can't copy to the iPhone because they could not be found.

Everytime I try to sync my iPhone4 to my PC, a notification pops up saying that some of the items (ringtones) cannot be copied because they could not be found. I tried syncing it about 5 times and the same thing happened.

Problem solved.
Thanks everyone.

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