2nd Gen 8Gb Nano Issues w/ WinXP...

Hey all, I have a relatively major problem...
I just bought a pair of 8Gb Nanos (one for the SO and myself), and mine is working totally fine, but the other one is basically all whacked out when trying to connect to the 'puter... It still has all of the music on it, but I can't get it to recognize in XP or iTunes...
And, for the record, I have tried most of the easy fixes (ir reset, set to disk mode, etc) but I still have had no luck.
Any ideas? Or should I generate an Apple Service Order now...?
Thanks in advance,
A

If you are using them both on the same computer it's possible that the computer is confusing the drive letter for the ipods. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93499
Check this link also as it lists several reasons that this may be going on.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61711

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