IPod Classic 160GB won't update after sync

Hey,
My iPod Classic 160GB, latest gen., doesn't want to update the library for some reason.
It does 'sync' but nothing gets copied from my MBP to the iPod.
I tried restarting iTunes as well as my iPod, but nothing seems to help.
I thought about resetting/restoring the iPod, but since I've got a library with about 130GB of data, that's not the most pleasing task.
Any ideas for what could be the reason for this problem? Anything else I could try first, before resetting or restoring or whatever?
Thanks in advance.

This solved it for me:
Right click 'Computer' then click 'properties'
From there click on 'devices'
For me the ipod showed up in the list but it had a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark in it (you may have expand the option 'disk drives' to see it)
Next you right click on the ipod and 'uninstall' the driver.
After it's done that it should automatically reinstall it, or you can hit 'update driver software'
My ipod then showed up in devices &, more importantly, synced with the new itunes.
Hope this helps.

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