2nd Gen nano major syncing prob

hey guys receantly my ipod wasnt syncing as in itunes would say a song has been synced but it wasnt on the ipod. i read an article on the ipod website about changing the drive letter. i did and now it would only sync if i manually put the files on the ipod. as it would not sync if the files that have been checked off.... even though in the summary tab "Sync only checked songs" is ticked off.
please help me with this.

Please guys i really need some help

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2nd gen MA426LL works it is a 4GB model
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