Can't backup because a session could not be started

I backed up my iPod today (2nd generation, running 4.1). I left to go to work when I came home I saw it was still backing up and obviously stuck. I tried to stop it - didn't work. I tried to start the sync again - didn't work. Finally, had no choice but to eject it. Quit iTunes - started back up again. Reattached iPod - said verifying iPod, then started syncing - after 5th step (seems to sync ok), it says "iTunes could not back up the iPod "iPod Touch" because a session could not be started with the iPod. I said OK to that and it finished and I was able to eject. I tried rebooting - didn't help. I went in to Disk Utility and repaired permissions. Still no luck. Any way to get this to back up again? I haven't drug the backup file to the desktop yet in an attempt to get it to start a new one - thought I'd get some thoughts here first. No idea why this happened, but see other posts about it. Someone suggested backing it up to a different computer, but I don't have one to back it up to.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Mark

Well, problem resolved. I rebooted my iPod Touch and then synced again. This time it said could not backup because an error occurred. Didn't say what that error was. So I decided to try and backup manually by right clicking on my Touch in the left sidebar and backing up that way. Don't ask me why, but it backed up just fine then. Problem solved.
You know I switched to a Mac just recently because I was tired of the Windows headaches, but I'm not so sure things are all that much better on this side of the fence. Probably too early to say that for sure, but with some of these gadgets like the iPods, sometimes enough to make you tear your hair out.
Mark

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