Problem with restoring from backup (iPhone 3gs)

My iPhone was having problems with syncing music from iTunes so I restored it to factory settings, then attempted to restore from one of my previous backups; all seemed to be going fine, the Restore in Progress screen came up on my iPhone, followed by the Apple logo and beneath it a loading bar. About 15 hours later and there's been no movement in the loading bar, it's still empty, so I'm assuming it must be frozen. I was wondering if this was a common problem and if there's any known solution to it? Cheers.

If you are using Windows, switching Anti-virus, firewall etc. might help.

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