Cannot update ipod with either music or photos

Yesterday I received my new ipod. When it was being setup, I choose the options of synching music and photos (photos was defaulted to unchecked). After it got all setup, a lot of photos got put into my ipod.
Since then, whenever I try to update my ipod with either photos or music, the same bad result occurs. 2 error messages:
The ipod "owner's ipod" cannot be updated. An unknown error occurred (-50), followed by:
The ipod "owner's ipod" cannot be updated. The disk could not be read from or written to
I installed itunes a few days ago, so not having the most up-to-date software should be the problem, I assume.
If I don't get a solution soon, I guess I will have to call Apple support, because I am really stumped.

I had also tried to restore, but got a 1418 error.
BUT I FIXED MY PROBLEM:
Reinstalled itunes
Unplugged ipod
Rebooted pc
Replugged ipod
In setup screen, for synch photos, picked an empty folder
Now, all the photos in ipod were wiped out. I think maybe a non-photo file was originally sycnhed into the photo folder, causing corruption?

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