5th Gen. 80gb iPod will not disconnect!

I have followed Apple's suggested solutions:
"Windows
Double-click My Computer (Windows XP and Windows 2000) or, on the Start menu, click Computer (Windows Vista).
Right-click the iPod icon.
Choose Eject from the shortcut menu."
However, when I right-click on its icon and try to eject, it says that: 'the disk is in use' and that if I try to eject it, I may lose data in any open files. Before ejecting the disk, make sure that all files are closed and that no multimedia files are playing'
It won't let me eject the iPod.

I may be wrong but if you shut down your computer you should be fine to disconnect. When you shut down Vista will end whatever program is accessing the iPod, and it SHOULD do that safely. Then again, I would wait until another person seconds me on that.

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