Can't Finish Sync to 3rd Gen iPod

I have a 3rd Gen 15 GB iPod. My problem is that I can't finish syncing the iPod because I have a laptop with 4-pin Firewire, so the iPod battery dies in the middle of syncing to iTunes. When I look at the iPod only three songs have been transfered even though iTunes transfered nearly 1,000. When I reconnect the iPod (after fully charging it) it starts syncing again from the beginning. How can I transfer all my songs to my iPod without it dying? Can I send them incrementally? While connected to my computer I think my battery lasts for less than an hour. Thanks for any advice you may have.
3rd Gen 15 GB iPod   Windows XP  

The key is to get power to the iPod while it's syncing. What you can do is to use a powered firewire hub. Basically, this hub will connect to the computer and to the iPod and to power. It will provide power to the iPod while it talks to the PC.
Can't find a powered firewire hub for cheap? Look for an unpowered one with 3 or more ports instead. You can connect the AC Adapter that the iPod came with to one of the other firewire ports on the hub and turn that unpowered hub into a powered one. I used this exact method with my laptop with 4-pin firewire for quite a long time. Works great.

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