Just connected my iphone and it is coming up with a message box saying the required disk cannot be found

what do you do if a message comes up saing required disk cannot be found

This error is generally from times when the iTunes library or parts of it are located on an external drive and that drive is not connected.
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I tunes is not recognizing either of my I pads and an error message pops up that says`the required disk cannot be found for backup" It also says, "apps installed on i pad could not be determined". But i did not install any new apps recently and this just

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Thanks for responding but I had already done all before posting my question andI was all up to date and it still said what it said. I have a feeling it is a disk problem, sometjing in my hard drive and I may need a new computer as this one is almost 5 years old and I have had other issues similar to this where a missing disk need to be located and I have had to refragment the computer twice in the past year. I am open to any other suggestions

I just received the error message "Attempting to copy to the disk failed. The required disk cannot be found". When I try to sync my iPhone or iPad to iTunes. Anybody have any ideas? The sync worked yesterday.

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"The iPhone cannot be synced. The required disk cannot be found."

I have been having this problems since I got my iphone last year. Early on the phone would sync after 2-3 tries but as of the last 2-3 months I have been only able to sync it 2-3 times even after trying all the solutions presented by the troubleshooting and reading forum posts that seem to have a similar or near similar problem.
The first message I get after having the phone sync is
"The iPhone cannot be synced. The required disk cannot be found."
After itunes attempts to sync again I get a different message that says
"The iPhone cannot be synced. An error occurred while writing to the device."
Ive ran the diagnostic and this is what I got:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
EVGA__ 132-YW-E179-FTW
iTunes 9.1.0.79
QuickTime 7.6.6
FairPlay 1.7.16
Apple Application Support 1.2.1
iPod Updater Library 9.0d11
CD Driver 2.2.0.1
CD Driver DLL 2.1.1.1
Apple Mobile Device 3.0.0.102
Apple Mobile Device Driver 1.46.0.0
Bonjour 2.0.0.34 (214.3)
iTunes Serial Number 5DD5EE0A2E39800E
Current user is an administrator.
The current local date and time is 2010-04-21 16:55:29.
iTunes is not running in safe mode.
Video Display Information
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
** External Plug-ins Information **
No external plug-ins installed.
The drive E: Memorex 52MAX 325216AJv2 Rev RW$5 is a USB 2 device.
** Network Connectivity Tests **
Network Adapter Information
Adapter Name: {5EC41707-0E19-4943-9EBF-169BD17E249E}
Description: NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller - Packet Scheduler Miniport
IP Address: 192.168.15.4
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.15.1
DHCP Enabled: Yes
DHCP Server: 192.168.15.1
Lease Obtained: Wed Apr 21 16:35:40 2010
Lease Expires: Wed Apr 21 17:35:40 2010
DNS Servers: 192.168.15.1
192.168.15.1
Active Connection: LAN Connection
Connected: Yes
Online: Yes
Using Modem: No
Using LAN: Yes
Using Proxy: No
Firewall Information
Windows Firewall is on.
iTunes is enabled in Windows Firewall.
Connection attempt to Apple web site was successful.
Connection attempt to iTunes Store was successful.
Secure connection attempt to iTunes Store was successful.
Secure connection attempt to iPhone activation server was successful.
Last successful store access was 2010-04-21 16:15:50.
** CD/DVD Drive Tests **
No drivers in LowerFilters.
UpperFilters: GEARAspiWDM (2.2.0.1),
D: SONY DVD RW DRU-V200A, Rev 1.60
Drive is empty.
D: SONY DVD RW DRU-V200A, Rev 1.60
Drive is empty.
E: Memorex 52MAX 325216AJv2, Rev RW$5
Data or MP3 CD in drive.
Found 1 songs on CD, playing time 255:57 on CDROM media.
Track 1, start time 00:02:00
Get drive speed succeeded.
The drive CDR speeds are: 4.
The drive CDRW speeds are: 4.
** iPod/iPhone Connectivity Tests **
iPodService 9.1.0.79 is currently running.
iTunesHelper 9.1.0.79 is currently running.
Apple Mobile Device service 3.0.0.0 is currently running.
Universal Serial Bus Controllers:
Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller. Device is working properly.
Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller. Device is working properly.
FireWire (IEEE 1394) Host Controllers:
Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller. Device is working properly.
Most Recent Device Not Currently Connected:
iPod nano (4th Generation) running firmware version 1.0.4
Serial Number: YM9023TZ5BF
iPhone 3GS running firmware version 3.1.3
Serial Number: 879230PW3NP
** iPhone/iPod Touch Sync Tests **
Sync tests completed successfully.
If anyone has a possible solution please let me know as its getting very frustrating not being able to update my phone.
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I had the same problem and fixed it.
"The iPhone cannot be synced. An error occurred while writing to the device."
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3. connect USB cable to PC and wait. If iTunes doesn't start for a minute then start it (keeping hold of CTRL + SHIFT)
4. if it wont let you start iTunes or all your icons are selected then release CTRL + SHIFT
5. when iTunes starts it may ask you about safe mode or something similar, say yes
6. Your iPhone should list as a device as normal, click sync.
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