Why does my iPad backup not show up in iTunes?

Everytime I attempt to backup my iPad, the screen on the iPad goes to the Apple logo startup and either holds on that or intermittently comes back w/ the "Sync in Progress" message. I let it go all the way to completion...it appears in iTunes as if alll is normal (albeit slow). When it completes I check iTunes to see if it's available to restore from and it doesn't show on the list. My hard disk has obviously gotten 20 or so GB more full and there's a new backup file in the Mobile Sync library directory. I have scoured the message boards about this particular problem and have tried almost everything suggested. I delete the backup folder. I do a hard reset on the iPad. I have deleted and removed as much as I can from the iPad and gotten about 5GB of space. I upgraded my MBP OS from Leopard to Snow Leopard. Some have mentioned deleting and re-installing iTunes, but I figured the OS refresh basically was the equivalent of that. Any other suggestions? Could I/should I consider backing up to my work MBP or is the problem in the iPad itself? Would love to not have to wipe my iPad and lose music and other original files I don't have backed up. But also am patiently waiting to upgrade to iOS 5!
iPad 32 GB WiFi
MBP 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB RAM
Snow Leopard 10.6.8

These are the instructions for that specific code.
Error 40265xxxx: Errors of the 40265xxxx range generally occur during the restore-from-a-backup  phase, after  iOS has been installed on the device. Restoring the  device and setting up as new can resolve the issue. Before restoring as  new, take steps to preserve the previous backups created by iTunes, such  as copying the contents of the Backup directory onto the desktop. See iPhone and iPod touch:  About backups to learn where backups are stored for your  computer's operating system and additional precautionary notes regarding setting up as new. The  backups created by iTunes store data such as your SMS, Favorites,  Bookmarks, and other app data.
Taken from this support site.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3694#error40265
I think you are going to have to restore as new. Deleting that MobileSync backup folder may have caused the problem. When you delete the backup from iTunes like I was asking about, you are only deleting one particular backup. If you have multiple iDevices - all of the backups would be in that one folder - I think that's how it works.
Read the article - even though the heart and soul of it has been pasted into this link already.

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