Can't write to disk

rec'd a refurbished ipod mini (4GB) friday. loaded it up and have been enjoying it for two days.
Today, it will not synch past a few songs or podcasts. I get the message below.
Attempting to copy to the disk failed. the disk could not be read to or written to.
I've restored, and am a little frustrated. Ideas?
ipod mini Windows XP

Just curious, are you by any chance on a Toshiba notebook computer? If you are, take a look at this article-
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300836
If not, this article also addresses that error message:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301267
CG

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