Cannot sync my shuffle!

i just got a new shuffle and have not been able to use it for 4 months. im so frustrated! when i hook up my shuffle it wont take the songs i try to transfer then i have to manualy disconnect the shuffle. then a warning pops up that says "the ipod cannot be synced. the disk could not be read from or written to."
what the **** does this mean??! help!!
FYI: I have an old school ipod and so i have used itunes for a while and i have never delt with this problem.

Hi coocoobannana.
Have a look at this article in the Apple Knowledge Base and let us know if it brings joy and/or satisfaction.
If it doesn't bring you any combination thereof, you might want to post in one of the iPod shuffle forums .

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The iPod shuffle does not use Windows Media Player to sync, it uses Apple’s iTunes application, available for free from this web site -
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http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
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manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1550/en_US/iPod_shuffle_4thgen_User_Guide .pdf
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