Cannot sync Ipod or read or write to disk

please help I jst bought my 30gb ipod and every time I try to sync music to it the msg comes cannot sync ipod. I cannot put on one song at a time but have to replace my whole library in the ipod to add one song.
thanx for your help in advance

let's first try this document:
"Disk cannot be read from or written to" when syncing iPod or "Firmware update failure" error when updating or restoring iPod

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