Music gone, Contents not read

I learned how to download a ringtone and synching with itunes, could apply it to ringer/text msg tone. After running some errands I went to play soem music from my phone and to my surprise found no music on my phone, and hours ago there was. I plugged phone into PC as usually, itunes pulled as as my settings are, and recieved the message "iTunes cannot read the contents of the iphone....Restore this iPhone to factory settings". Now what!? All my other contacts, call list, text messages, photos are on the phone. Just no music, and itunes cannot read contents when phone is connected. I have a 4S

Is this normal for the songs to be removed from the phone when "sync" is un-checked from itunes?
Yes.
What is the purpose for un-checking "Sync" under the Music tab for your iPhone sync preferences?
If you want to sync music and leave your selected music on your iPhone, you need to leave "Sync" checked. The same applies for Podcasts and Photos under the Podcasts and Photos tab for your iPhone sync preferences.

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Greetings all,
I know this question has been asked before and I apologize for asking again but all the solutions provided don't seam to work for me, can anyone help me please.
I am receving the message: "Itunes can not read the contents of the iPhone. Go to the summary tab In iPhone Preferences and click restore torestore this Iphone to factory settings".
Now a little about my iphone, Itunes and my laptop and what steps i havealready tried.
I have an iPhone 4 running software 5.0
My itunes version is 10.5.0.142
I know these are not the most up to date versions but I have had this issue for almost 3 months now and updating the software back then was the first step I tried. I don’t believe updating to the latest will fix this issue as updating the last two times did nothing.
Every so often after starting Itunes, The program will stop responding and will require the three finger death kill (CTRL, ALT, DELETE) to open task manager to end the task of Itunes. Once it shuts down, I restart the iTunes and it runs smoothly, apart from not reading my iPhone.
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Device Sync test: No iPod touch, iPhone or iPad found.
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FairPlay 1.13.35
Apple Application Support 2.1.5
iPod Updater Library 10.0d2
CD Driver 2.2.0.1
CD Driver DLL 2.1.1.1
Apple Mobile Device 4.0.0.96
Apple Mobile Device Driver 1.57.0.0
Bonjour 3.0.0.10 (333.10)
Gracenote SDK 1.9.3.494
Gracenote MusicID 1.9.3.106
Gracenote Submit 1.9.3.136
Gracenote DSP 1.9.3.44
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HDCP is supported.
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NVIDIA, NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
**** External Plug-ins Information ****
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Subnet Mask:    255.255.255.255
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DHCP Enabled:    No
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Lease Expires:    Thu Jan 01 11:00:00 1970
DNS Servers:    10.143.147.147
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Subnet Mask:    0.0.0.0
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DHCP Enabled:    No
DHCP Server:
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Connected:    Yes
Online:        Yes
Using Modem:    Yes
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Using Proxy:    No
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I have done a complete uninstall and re install of iTunes and all related apple programs from my laptop through control panel, add remove programs and also by going through program files and deleting all tracers of any left over folders remove programs may have missed.
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