"Ipod cannot be synced because the required file cannot be found"

I have a 4th gen Ipod. It was working fine up until I installed Itunes 7.2, then it started acting up, making noises and taking forever for my computer to recognize it. Now it won't sync or restore (Error 1418). When connected to my husband's MAC at work it recognizes it, restores it, and he is able to put files on it. But all my music is on our home PC and when I plug it in, again it won't sync. I've uninstalled Itunes, installed the latest version, restored and reset all settings on my Ipod. It will sync about 5 songs and then say it cannot find a file and then the songs on my Ipod music list get next to them from the Itunes screen. I know what it means when that's on my music library, but have never had it happen just on my Ipod Music list..
Please help!!

yeah i had an ipod that was freezing when playin music and i brought it in to best buy, cause i have a warrenty and they traded it out for a repaired one. Now the new one is doing the exact same thing as what you described and i'm flipping out. if you find out what is wrong let me know. i'm going back in tomorrow to see if they can fix it or replace it.

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