Cannot update ipod-unknown error occured(-50)

I downloaded a movie to my ipod using nero 7.0 without difficulty,accidently deleted it and now when I try to redo I get "cannot update ipod,unknown error occured (-50), disk could not be read or written to. It won't even let me reload the ipod. still shows error. P.S. I've tried the 5 R's

This is the only thing I can find on apples actual website about an error (-50)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93447
But im not sure if that applies to your problem, you can check it out though.
Have you gotten any of your songs from limewire? I've seen some posts on another website about this error maybe having something to do with songs from limewire.
Macbook   Mac OS X (10.4.7)   iPod Video 5th Gen (30Gb), iPod w/Color Display

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