My itunes wont backup or restore to backup properly

hi,
when i try either backup or restore to backup my itunes keeps giving me this error message
[IMG]http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/paliometoxo/itunesBackup.png[/IMG]
the iphone "my iphones name" cannot by synced. the required file cannot be found..
what file?!?!? i have changed nothing on my itunes and i have all the files mp3s photos where they al ways where nothing has changed..
i did install ios 4.2 gm 2.. does that make a difference?

What is the exact wording of the error message?
Why won't it sync?
Are you running the latest version of iTunes (10.7)?
B-rock

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