I tunes reads laptop memory when ipod plugged in

I have abn i pod nano which until today has worked fine... but from today when i plug my nano onto sync lead.. i tunes operns as normanl but then askes me to register nano... in the left field it seems to read the laptop memory when the ipod is higlighted.... i.e telling me i hav 40 gig of free memory
Any idea?? please help!!!!

Do you have any other networked drives or external drives? I have experienced the problem with a Shuffle on a PC that is connected to network drives.
The solution is fairly simple yet not obvious. You need to force a drive letter for the Nano because XP is getting confused. It is trying to assign the same drive letter as something else (your 40GB drive) and reporting the wrong info.
1. Go to Control Panel and open Administrative tools.
2. Click on Computer Management
3. In Computer Management highlight Disk Management at the bottom of the list.
4. Now you should see all of your drives, including the Nano. The Nano should have the short name you gave it. Click on the drive representing your Nano and right click. Select Change Drive Letter and Paths...
5. You will see a window listing your drive and the buttons, Add, Change, Remove, OK, and Cancel. Click Change.
6. Now there is a new window. Make sure Assign the following drive letter: is checked and use the drop down box on the right side to select your new drive letter. Select something far way from the rest of your drives - I, J, K etc...
7. Click OK.
8. You will see a notice about changing a drive letter. Click Yes.
9. Your drive should now have a new letter and iTunes will be able to read it properly.
You may have to do this twice before XP remembers to set that drive letter from then on. After that you should no longer have any problems.
Take care.

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