Ipod cannot be synced and cannot be restored

Please if someone knows what to do with these problems please help me. Bought the 30g 5th generation ipod, used to sync perfectly in the other computer, in the new computer however nothing but trouble. Please help!

in the new computer however nothing but trouble
Could you perhaps be a bit more specific?

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    Public DNS — Google Developers
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