Synching stops at step 4 of 5

I upgraded to i-Tunes 10.1.1.4 on my PC (running Windows XP). When synching my i-Phone 3Gs, it stopped at step 4 of 5 and i-Tunes stopped running according to the Windows task Manager. I finally disconnected the i-Phone and i-Tunes started running again, and showed an error box "i-Tunes could not copy "Surfin Bird" to the i-Phone because an unknown error occurred (-20)." I deleted the song and got the same error at another song. I repeated this with 4 different songs, some purchased from i_Tunes some loaded from my CDs. So I don't believe it's a corrupted song file. A search for "unknown error (-20)" on this site didn't turn up any previous references.
Everything except the music appears to have transferred to the i-Phone, but the i-Phone has zero music on it now.
Anyone have any suggestions?

It does say in the iTunes status window.
If for music, try deselecting Sync Music under the Music tab followed by a sync. This will remove all music from your iPhone.
Follow this by reselecting Sync Music making your selections below followed by another sync.

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