How i solved my iPod to iTunes connectivity problem

After reading so much advice on this forum, I just wanted to tell you guys about the problem I was having with getting my Windows XP machine and iTunes to communicate with my brand new 80 Gb iPod Classic, and how I finally managed to fix the problem (I hope).
The problem was that my iPod communicated very poorly with my Windows machine and especially with iTunes. When I first bought the iPod, I was able to get it to work with iTunes sporadically. After three days of struggle I was able to sync my 3100 song music library to it, but then things began to deteriote. It got to the point where the iPod would not sync with iTunes, if iTunes recognized it at all. When I connected the iPod to my computer, it would show up as a USB device in the Windows device manager, but if I tried to open it in Explorer I could see no folders. iTunes could see it, but it would insist that it was not compatible with Windows and that I needed to restore it. When I tried to restore it, I'd always get an "unknown error" error message. It was impossible to connect to it or restore it!
Finally, I figured out what the problem was. It was my HP PhotoSmart C4280 "all in one" printer! As soon as I disconnected that thing from its USB port the iPod suddenly was fully recognized by iTunes and I could sync it again. Furthermore, the syncing process was about 10 times faster! It was a miracle!
I believe the issue had something to do with the on-board memory card readers on the printer. Those show up as a letter drive under Windows, whether you have a card in them or not. I believe the HP USB driver was somehow interfering with the Apple USB driver, but that's just a theory.
Even with the iPod working, I still had a problem because the printer could not be connected at the same time as the iPod. I managed to fix that problem too (I think). I went to the HP support site and downloaded the latest printer driver software. Now both the printer and the iPod seem to coexist peacefully. I may not be completely out of the woods, but right now it looks promising.
Anyway, I just wanted to share my little success story with you in case there was someone else out there having the same problem.

You might find the HP doesn't just interfere with your iPod. I have an Epson all-in-one photo printer/scanner/copier with card reader that interferes with EVERY other external drive I connect. I tried my best with Epson support but got nowhere. Problem occurs in both Vista & XP, with at least 3 memory keys, 2 500gb external drives & the iPod. If I turn the printer on, all access to other USB drives is disrupted. Sometimes I can view the top level folders (cached?) but they appear to have no content - scared myself a few times at first. It's a bore but there seeems little I can do until Epson acknowlege the problem & issue new drivers.
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