Error: iTunes could not copy **** to MyiPod because the iPod disconnected

I am using Lion 10.7.3 with 10.6.1 and an iPod Touch 2nd generation with iOS 5.1. It all started because I noticed some of my songs were not properly tagged. So, I went into iTunes to fix them. Then, I plugged in the iPod and hit sync. But, it didn't change the songs in my iPod. So, I decided to try again. Still didn't change anything. Don't know why. In the past, changing the information about the song would cause it to sync again.
I decided to restore the iPod. When it was all set, I had it restore from a backup. Then, perhaps because I am mad, I messed around with iTunes Match. I have some 50gb of music on my iPod. So, iTunes Match doesn't work very well for that application. I like it for my iPad, but not my iPod. Anyway, when I changed my mind and tried to sync it told me that it couldn't copy a given song name because my iPod disconnected.
Over and over, it would start copying and then, after about a hundred songs it would say "iTunes could not copy YourSong to MyiPod because the iPod disconnected."
I went ahead and restored it, again. This time I decided to just set it up as a new iPod. It is currently syncing music. I am up to 300 of 6700. If this works, I will post that. Otherwise... what the heck is going on?

So, the restore didnt solve the problem. I am reinstalling Lion right now. I have been having problems with my Time Machine backup drive ejecting itself, too. Some people reported that reinstalling the OS solved this for them. And, since and iPod, technically, is a drive, too, I thought I would give it a try.

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