Trying to locate/reload my ringtones after hard drive re-imaged

My hard drive was recently re-imaged. Prior to this, I copied my entire music folder to an external hard drive.
After reinstalling iTunes, I recreated my iTunes Library, and my music was back. I also sync'd my iPhone to Outlook and was able to recreate my calendar, contacts, etc. However, my ringtones did not appear in iTunes. They were still on my phone.
I tried to transfer purchases, but the ringtones didn't transfer. Then I tried to sync it with the iPhone. (MISTAKE) and now the ringtones are gone from the iPhone.
Can I get these back somehow? Where in the library are the ringtones located? I have a few database files still on my external hard drive, and I'm hoping one of these has the ringtones I'm missing. But, I'm afraid to recreate the Library again, causing something else to be overwritten or disappear.
It's probably better to just re-create and re-pay for the ringtones since there were only 3 of them.
I also keep getting the error that the iPhone is currently sync'd to another library. (the old one from before the pc was re-imaged??)
Thanks.

Are you referring to the serial number? If so make sure you're entering it correctly. Given the length of the serial number and the similarities between O and 0 and 1 and l it's easy to make a mistake.
See Troubleshooting Professional Application Serial Numbers and if that doesn't help try Pro Application Replacement Serial Numbers for a way to get a new number.
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