Ipod Classic Installation Issue

I have an Ipod Classic (30 GB).  I recently installed software"Ipod Updater 2005-10-12" into a new PC.  After I installed it, it asked if "I wanted to allow an unknown publisher to make changes in my computer (ipod updater 2005-10-12.exe)"  After I accepted, it showed a message stating that I had an "invalid ipod service version."  Is this normal?
In any case, after I plugged in my ipod to the new computer, the screen opened.  Some of the toolbar selections looked a little different from the past.  In the screen tab called "Music," I noticed that it didn't show the name/playlist/genre/albums of the CD artists from the past that I saved in my ipod in the past.  Does this mean that I have to transfer the old song files from my old computer to the new computer?  If so, could you please explain the process?  Please help!
Note:  I saved songs from a new CD in my computer and checked sync music.  However, it gave a message stating that it would delete the old music from the past.  I did not go through with the process as I was afraid to delete all the songs in my Ipod.

I spoke to support and they told me to return it, I got a new one and it has the same problem. However it works fine with my friends pc. It must be something to do with some xp machines.
It wont install the "apple ipod usb" driver or even a generic usb mass storage device driver....
Any ideas?

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