IPOD 5th gen causes computer to crash!!!

i have a computer running pentium 3 with windows xp pro, service pack 3, itunes 9 and have 1.8gb left on a 80gb hard drive.
i really want to use my ipod, but every time i connect it, my computer restarts.
The first time i connected it, my computer simply wouldn't recognise it
btw, no internet on the computer being referenced, curr3ntly using parent's computer

Okay, I got the f$^ker figured out!
I did a complete uninstall...deleted anything that had anything to do with Itunes. Did a Windows search for Itunes and then deleted it. (I had already backed up my music library to a external hard drive.)
I then took my Ipod to an Apple repair store and they plugged it into a different windows computer and they were getting the same issues with Itunes as I was getting. They then restarted their computer with my Ipod still plugged into it and when Itunes opened, there it was, the normal window for my Ipod! So they reformatted it for me and I brought it home and installed the 7.02 version of Itunes and held my breath when I plugged my Ipod in, and lo and behold! There it was...all sparkly and clean!
I now know if this happens to me again, I can just go to another computer and plug my Ipod into it and see if I can get that computers Itunes to read my Ipod and then reformat it...it would be a lot less hassle than getting rid of everything to try and reformat.
So that's it! REFORMAT your Ipod if it freezes up your Itunes program.
Cheers!

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