IPod Touch 2g iTunes 10 Syncing problem

After many hours of pure frustration, I'm finally giving up and putting this issue out there for some help.
Here are some simple things:
I own an iPod Touch Second Generation model.
It has been synced with my HP Desktop for some time now.
Recently I bought an HP Envy (Laptop) for school.
My Desktop is going to be used less frequently, so I decided to sync my iPod to the laptop.
I've moved over all the music through a hard drive.
I've transfered my purchases through iTunes.
Here is where the problem lies:
Yesterday I decided was the day I would finally sync my iPod to my laptop. This is after just downloading Podcasts through the iPod and charging it through an AC adapter for several months. I plug it into my USB port using the stock cable. Windows 7 recognizes it as "iPod Touch", it even has a little graphic of it for My Computer. It installs the drivers and iTunes pops up. Things are going swell right? Wrong.
iTunes does indeed surface, and I sync it to the new (same) library of music and apps. I unplug it, and plug it back in just to make sure. When I plug it in a second time, it comes up and begins backing up my device. Here is where things get sketchy, due to the many (-50) errors when trying to back it up. Finally it succeeds, and I'm irritated. So I go ahead and restore the iPod. It restores. I get 4.1 or w/e for the iPod and things look dandy. My music is there, the apps. I decide to plug it in ONE more time for good measure. This time and every single time up to this point, it shows the iPod, but then brings up the screen saying: "New iPod". In the top it says Verifying iPod Touch, and it usually finished but my ipod's screen just quits syncing and goes to the home screen. Both you and I know this isn't a NEW iPod to the computer. I can't seem to get it to sync because it constantly thinks its a new ipod. Although it says a previous ipod was synced earlier, would i like to restore this one with that info. I would rather not. I'm tired of this. Please help me if you can. Thanks Oh and now My Computer doesn't show the iPod at all. in the device manager it shoes an Apple USB device, and the Drivers are fine.

Hey im567,
Make sure the iPod touch and iTunes are both updated.
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
http://www.apple.com/iphone/softwareupdate/
Also make sure your iPod is directly connected to a high-speed USB port on the PC, not a hub, monitor, or keyboard.
-Jason

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