Disk is unable to be read from or written to???!!!

i downloaded 3 tv shows and a movie for my ipod video and i have been able to get on 2 of the shows. But the other show and the movie wont go on. Everytime i manually start to put them on my ipod, it starts uploading it for like 4 seconds and then it comes up with an error and says "Attempting to copy to the disk "GREG'S IPOD" failed. The disk could not be read from or written to." What does this mean!!!????
PLEASE HELP! thanks

Even though you're getting a different number, perhaps try the "Error -50," "-5000," "8003," "8008," or "-42023" section in the Specific Conditions and Alert Messages: (Mac OS X / Windows) section of the following document:
iTunes: Advanced iTunes Store troubleshooting

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ArizonaDAK wrote:
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