2nd gen ipod won't show in itunes after 7.3.1.3 update - win xp

hi.
home built xp pro Sp 2 machine - NO USB 2.0 ports. 1 gig ram
iPod Nano 4 gig, been working fine since september.
iTunes decides to update to 7.3.1.3 last night overnight.
It updates but I forgot to reset in the morning.
plugged in the ipod to charge/sync. itunes didn't come up.
realized I had to reboot after the update. did that.
itunes came up and updated my saved music library on the pc. (89 gig, btw) This took several hours.
plugged ipod back in. iTunes didn't see it. This was on a hub. tried it on a port on the motherboard. iTunes saw it & started to sync. Great! Then after about 3 minutes of syncing I got an error saying that "this device cannot be synced, the folder could not be found."
WHAT FOLDER IS IT TALKING ABOUT?!?!
Since then, I cannot get iTunes to see my iPod, The iPod registers that the device is connected and charges but windows says the device has failed to install & device manager tells me "Unknown device" (yes I did have it configured for disk use.) and iTunes will not bring up the device to sync.
I've tried resetting & reconnecting.
I'm leery of re-installing because I do not want to have to re-load & re-register 89 gig of music in my iTunes library.
Since when has a USB 2.0 port become required for functioning?

Well you tried 'everything', that I thought of, I would think that Antivirus is the main culprit or that install a Windows Plugin that emulates Mac OS X.
Anyway here is a helpful link from CHG, http://cahwyguy.livejournal.com/1220479.html
Read the 4th Paragraph on disk diagnostic, it may tell you that your hardisk is dying and need to be replaced.
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