I connected my iPod to my iMac but it said my iPod could not be read

I connected my iPod classic to my iMac but it showed that my iPod could not be read. I would like to ask why did this happened and what can I do about it? So far my iPod has been working fine until I plugged it into my iMac. There are about 5000 songs in there with about 70 GB used.
Thank you.

May I ask why you would want to connect your iPod to "other people's computers"?

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I ran all updaters and got message - "iPod manager internal error" and "cannot mount iPod"
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...any help would be much appreciated.

with the internal manager error, see:
iPod Updater for Windows: "Internal manager error" occurs when restoring or updating iPod
with the itunes error message, see:
"Disk cannot be read from or written to" when syncing iPod or "Firmware update failure" error when updating or restoring iPod
and since you're on a laptop, we'd better check on these possibilities as well:
iPod not recognized correctly on Toshiba laptop
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I connected my iPod classic to my iMac but it showed iPod could not be read

I connected my iPod classic to my iMac but it showed iPod could not be read. I would like to ask why did this happened and what can I do about it?
Thank you.

You need to restore the iPod to factory settings using iTunes. Follow these instructions: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1339
PS: you are replying correctly.

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Hello!
I was syncing my sister's video iPod (30GB) and this error message pops up "Attempting to copy to the disk. "SARAH'S IPO" failed. The disk could not be read from or written to."
I have restored it three times already, but once it starts putting the music and files back onto the iPod it pops up with that error message. I have updated to the latest version of iTunes and iPod software available. My OS is Windows XP.
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Okay I went thru that entire list and here's what I got...
(1) My OS is XP and is running fine.
(2) I've updated my windows
(3) I don't know of any software that might be interfering.
(4) There are no damaged files.
(5) My Windows hard-drive is not damaged and I've tried restoring my iPod's disk thru iTunes but it still doesn't work.
(6) I don't have an iPod photo and I can't find the folder to delete the cache if if I did.
(7) The USB cord is firmly connected into my USB port and my iPod
(8) My music is on my external hard-drive so I need to keep 3rd-party hardware connected
(9) I will try another USB cord to see if that works.
Is there anything else that I can do? Can Apple fix this?
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Uninstall iTunes.
Reboot the computer.
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Attempting to copy to the disk "old iPod name" failed. The disk could not be read from or written to.
It is complaining that it can not read the old dead iPod that is NOT hooked up to the computer!
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