Cannot Update iPod From iTunes

Hi-
I just tried to sync my iPod from my iTunes library and I got the error message: "Attempting to copy to the disk "ALEX'S IPOD" failed. The disk could not be read from or written to." I have previously been able to sync my iPod with no problem, and I just started getting this message. I have an iPod shuffle and that syncs no problem. The iPod is a 5g video with a 30 gb hard drive. This seems to have happened for no apparent reason. I tried looking at the article for this error message but that didn't help.

Hey...I get this problem ALL the time...This is what I do:
1. Yell, at the iPod
2. See if iTunes can eject the iPod, else
3. Unplug your iPod.
4. Let it come back to 'life' (I'm clearly not using technical terms here)
5. Plug it back in, and start to sync again, only this time I hit the 'X' button about 100-500 songs in...it varies. This partially syncs your iPod, chances are you will still get that error message, but all you have to do is just start to sync again and tell iTunes to stop syncing before you get to the song where the syncing failed.
An example:
Say you have 1000 songs on your iTunes, and you want to sync YOUR iPod.
Plug it in to your computer...some songs transfer, lets say 250...then you get your error message...'Attempting to copy to the ipod "Alex2a's iPod" failed. The disk can not be read from or written to'
Look at the song number where this happened..in this case it is 250.
Well unplug your iPod, and let the syncing re-start. It should start at zero songs...Everything is the same as the first time you started syncing-Only this time tell iTunes to STOP syncing at say 170 songs...then let the iPod hard disk spin down (this may take up to 10 seconds...most likely less) then tell iTunes to sync your iPod again. The 170 songs are on your iPod now. Repeat this procedure until the iPod is completely updated.
It is kinda a pain, but it does fix the problem, and generally speaking if you don't sync a lot of songs at one time, you'll rarely run into that error message.
Hope this helps.

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