Photo Albums - Backwards Sync

While I was away on work, my girlfriend accidentally delete the photos stored on my PC...
All the pictures I take, I remove copy from CameraRoll to my PC, divide them amongst several folders and then synch with my iPhone - I have been doing this for a while, so all the pictures I have taken over the last 6-8 months reside in these synched folders and only these synched folders...
As I mentioned, though... my girlfriend deleted the ones one my PC HD while I was away. If I connect my iPhone to iTunes, will it backward synch them for me? (i.e. will it pull the pics / albums off my iPhone and store them on my PC as they were?)
If not, how do I retrieve all of my pics from my iPhone?
Thanks in advance,
Franklyn

If you had them all checked to sync and some didn't sync, then you can try several things. Try each below in order and try to resync after each:
1) Play a video or a movie clip. Sounds strange, but it worked for one person posting.
2) Press and Hold the Home and Wake Sleep buttons until the Apple Logo appears.
3) If that doesn't work, try a reset, To reset go to Settings, General, Reset, Reset. This sill scramble your icons but no data will be lost.
If none of the above work, it may be an issue with iphoto. (I am assuming you are using iphoto to sync photos.)

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