IPod randomly stops syncing using iTunes

My iPod touch is a 16gb version. For some reason, i have to keep syncing it over and over and over again (2000+ songs) to get it to sync them all. Sometimes it will go for a gb of music and then it will randomly just stop syncing. Sometimes alot less like 2-300mb of syncing. I cant figure out what's causing this.. The first time i synced all my music to it was last night and it didnt stop syncing once. Today for some reason i made lots of changes to my music, so to do a clean sync i reinstalled all the firmware and software for the ipod through itunes, and then i started syncing it again and now for some reason it keeps stopping after a couple hundred songs.. Keep in mind i tried to re-sync everything before i re-installed the software too and it was doing the same thing, the re-install of the software was to see if it would fix the problem. I looked around but not deeply for an anwser to my problem but could not find one. If you have any idea whats causing this can you please let me know?
My computer specs are as follows ( all less than 2 months old )
Windows XP Home Edition 32-bit | Legal :P
Intel Quad Core Q6600 | Processor
EVGA nForce 680i SLI | MotherBoard
EVGA e-Geforce 8800GTS 640mb | Graphics Card
Corsair 3GB DDR2 800mhz | Ram
Seagate 500GB SATA 7200rpm | Hard Drive
OCZ GameXstreme 700watt | Power Supply
Many Fatal1ty fans / raidmax case.
Thanks alot.

I have upgraded to 2.0.1 and the latest itunes as of today and still have the exact same issue. I have even tried the following with no luck :
1. Restart the ipod after this occurs and then sync again.
2. Deleted my entire list of Music and Videos from itunes and reloaded them back.
3. Formatted and Reinstalled Windows and tried syncing again.
Thanks to this issue, i dont even have a single song or Video on my ipod....
Can someone please Help.
Message was edited by: callnish

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