Itunes not Reading iphone

Hey Guys,
My itunes is no longer reading my iphone, the computer is reading it as a camera. How ever my dads computer can read it fine.
I have reinstalled itunes about 5 or more times, i have tried to reinstall the drivers manually. I have forced my iphone into restore mode, But when it does this the computer fails to install the restore drivers and asks me to install a disc as it cant find any on the computer, yet they are on the computer. The main reason why i need to use my computer is because my restore file is on there and thats what i need

Sorry i should have said that i have gone through everything in that multiple times yet i still cannot get itunes to read it its a new one that i got back

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Re: iTunes not recognizing iPhone 5
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Had this problem this morning.
Once in the past had to erase my iphone and reload it.That was unpleasant.
This morning had the problem,too.
Plugged in my iphone directly into the Imac (not hub) then clicked shut down on the imac.
Pressed the button in the back while the iphone was still plugged in-and when rebooted iphone was visable in itunes.
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I had this exact same problem and just figured out how to fix it. I had to reload the driver on the iphone5 in order for itunes to recognize the device. Follow the steps here to see if you might need to do the same thing. Once I reinstalled the driver, everything works fine and I'm now able to sync with itunes again.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
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