Syncing Issues with iPhone 3GS

Hi,
I went to sync my iphone with my laptop over the weekend and it kept coming up with "This iphone ("...") has previously synced with this computer" and asked me whether I wanted to restore from backup or set it up as a new phone. I tried both options multiple times (the backup didn't work because my previous sync apparently didn't finish the backup), I also wiped the phone (a pain), and reinstalled iTunes on my computer. I finally somehow managed to click on something to get the normal iPhone sync page up on the screen (with the picture, options to wipe etc) and managed to get it to sync. However, when I went to sync it this morning it went back to the 'previously synced' page. Help! I want to be able to back up/sync my phone without all this hubbub.
Thanks,
Marissa

Check this post,the answer can solve your problem too:
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I have been given some instructions that I am currently working through to see if it solves the sync issue with iTunes and my iOS devices.
The Apple Care advisor has pointed out that a iTunes version issue with music that I have ripped to iTunes and the current iTunes version could be what is causing the problem. For example, every song that I have purchased from iTunes since having an account, I was told are all exactly the same the same when it comes down the to data/information about that track/album that iTunes stores with the music but when it comes to music that I have added to iTunes myself from a CD, this was added and encoded with the version of iTunes that was running at the time of adding the music. So going through all the music that I added to iTunes over the last 10 years, you can imaging that there was lots of mixed version of iTunes linked to lots of different music.
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1. Why can´t I choose ANY song, sound I want for the ringsignal or SMS (without buying the song from iTunes) ??? Actually I managed to get make a ringsignal without buying the track from iTunes but I haven´t been succefull with the SMS signal. Feels like a cell from the 90´s.
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3. Is there any way to sync windows live calender??? It seems like you can sync every other calender but not that one.
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