Constantly having to 'restore to factory settings'

Seriously every-other time i connect my ipod to itunes it tells me that 'itunes cannot recognise Xipod. Use ipod updater to restore to factory settings'. I know this fixes the problem (at least temporarily), but surely this shouldn't be coming up so often?
20gb currently on the ipod and it's annoying to have to restore it so frequently. Am I sabotaging myself by doing something wrong? Does it matter that I have synched it with itunes? I didn’t have this problem with my ipod photo, so why is the video so annoying?
Is anyone else having this problem? Has anyone come up with a solution?
Thanks in advance
Ipod video   Windows XP  

I too am always having to completely restore my ipod and then reload all 30+ gigs of music back onto it. It is VERY FRUSTRATING!!!
I have the ipod click wheel 40 gig 3rd generation ipod.
Can someone please HELP.

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