Why won't my itunes back up my iphone since upgrading itunes 10?

Itunes will not back up my iphone 4 so I can up grade to iOS5! iTunes stops at approx 10% of step 1 (of 5). I have fully unistalled and reinstalled itunes and ran a repair in hopes it would solve the issue. But no.
Any suggestions?

So many views on this post yet no helpful reply says that there is no good answer to this problem yet. I've gone through similar threads and tried ALL the suggested fixes. Nothing has worked. My ringtones are missing from my iphone now too. I was looking forward to upgrading to OSi 5, but I can't upgrade until I can backup and sync my iphone!  Come on!  Help!

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