Sync taking hours - iphone 3GS Win XP Pro SP3

Hey,
Had a search but couldn't find anything of any use.
PC is newly formatted Win XP pro SP3
Phone is iphone 3GS 32gb 3.1.3 about 6 months old
Total memory on phone used is about 12gb
I have done this two times, one as a fresh update syncing the phone and one with a copied library from before the format.
This might just be a "PC" thing that I will have to live with but since going to 3.1.3 and the latest version of itunes syncing my iphone its taking well so far over an hour and a half to sync the phone!!
Originally when I bought the phone with 3.1.2 with itunes 9.? (December) it was syncing in about 10mins.
The previous version of itunes in mid\late march had huge memory leaks which explained why it wouldnt sync or update but this new version seems to sync but it takes forever!
The sync times do not affect my ipods, I have two classic ipods (80 & 160gb) which it takes no time to sync and works fine.
Any suggestions? Apart from buying a mac!!

The most common issue with long backup is users that keep way too many photos in the TEMPORARY camera roll.
Do you copy off photos from your camera roll on a routine basis and then sync back to their own libraries any photos you wish to keep on the phone.
The camera roll is a special place not meant to really keep on storing images for long term. It is treated differently than the rest of the file system.

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