Cannot restore ipod software

I need to restore the ipod software on my nano. The computer is recognizing my ipod when I connect it through the USB, and the updater program starts on its own. I clicked on the "restore" button, however, after about a minute I got an error message that says "Firmware Update Failure. Disk Write Error." and then I could go no further. I tried reinstalling the updater software, but that didn't help. Any suggestions? Has anyone else had this problem?
Dell Dimension E510   Windows XP  

I tried reinstalling the ipod updater and the itunes software as suggested on the link from Zevoneer (thanks, by the way), but that didn't work. I turned off the firewall and the virus software and tried reinstalling the ipod updater and the itunes software, and that didn't work. At one point, the updater did recognize my ipod, but then it gave me that same "firmware" error message again.
Now the ipod updater will not even recognize my ipod at all. Then the updater freezes and I have to use ctl-alt-delete to go to the task manager to exit from the program.

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