Freezes when updating songs

Every time when I start to update my iPod it will upload about two songs, then say "The drive is not ready for use; its door may be open. please check drive E: and make sure a disk is inserted and that the drive door is closed." I have no idea what the door being open means, can anybody help? Thanks

Hmmmm. I'm not sure how to explain this.
You need to change the Drive Letter for your iPod.
You should be able to connect your iPod then open Windows Explorer and right click on your iPod(which seems to be Drive E:) and change it to a different letter (like H).
If you haven't enabled disk use for your iPod it probably won't appear in Windows Explorer.
To enable disk use: connect iPod, open iTunes. Open Preferences and select the iPod tab. Choose "enable disk use."
Once you've done all that, try resyncing.

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