IPod nano won't restore

I recently borrowed a 1st generation nano from a friend when my 30GB video iPod spazzed out. He's on a PC and I'm on a Mac but he told me to feel free to restore it and update it, whatever, because he doesn't use it much anymore. When I first plugged it in to my Mac, it told me to erase and sync, which I tried to do, but it gave me an error. So, I tried to restore it. It downloaded the new iPod software and as soon as if finished downloading, it gave me another error (-48) saying there was a problem with my network. I'm assuming it means my interenet network, right? Well, I've been on three different networks since then, and I get the same message every time. I've seached every where and I have no idea what to do. Help?

Hi!
Thank you for replying – I did what you suggested but unfortunately it didn’t work After several restarts I managed to get the software to pick up the iPod Nano and I selected ‘restore’ but a few moments after the progress bar appears it suddenly says “can’t mount ipod” and exits. Within My Computer the iPod appears as a ‘Removable Disk’ but I cannot access the drive or format it – though within Hardware Devices’ Windows recognises it as an iPod.
Is there any way I can flash the drive with another piece of software so that the contents are deleted, then try to restore the iPod from scratch as it doesn’t seem to be able to read the drive contents properly?
Thanks again
parallax7
iPod Nano   Windows XP  

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