IPod Corrupt in one Computer but Connect to Another

My 30GB 5th Gen Video iPod recently would not connect to my Windows 7 desktop. It freezes iTunes, but gives no message. If I unplug the iPod, iTunes then gives a message saying the drive is corrupted and asking if I want to reformat. Since the drive is disconnected, there is nothing to be had so I click okay and it returns me to my music library no problem. The odd thing is, I can plug my iPod into my Windows 7 laptop and it reads just fine with no error messages. I do not want to lose the data on the iPod as it has stuff not contained in my current library and this working in one system and not in the other, though it worked in the desktop up until a week ago, is just odd behavior. Any thoughts?

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