IPod not recognized by laptop's USB 1.0 port

There are a couple of problems here. I have an external hard drive that can only be accessed with a USB 2.0 cable. I had to buy a card with USB 2.0 ports since my laptop only has USB 1.0. When I try to update the iPod (plugged into the USB 2.0 card as well as the external hard drive), everything freezes, goes very slowly, and I can't transfer songs from the external hard drive.
When I unplug the external hard drive I can update songs from my laptop's hard drive, but the iPod has to be plugged into the USB 2.0 card. When I plug the iPod into the laptop's USB 1.0 port (regardless of whether the external hard drive is connected) the iPod is not recognized, it only gets charged.
I tried this iPod on a different computer last night and it worked great.
So two questions: 1) how do I transfer songs from my external hard drive (get my computer not to freeze) and 2) how can I make my laptop recognize my iPod when it's plugged into the laptop's USB 1.0 port?
Thanks a lot

Well... from what i am reading about your post, you want to transfer your music from the external hard drive to your laptop. if this is correct then i think that you should open the hard drive into a window and put all the music into 1 folder and drag it onto your desktop, then once the music is downloaded onto your laptop, (if there is enough space) unplug the external hard drive and use the USB 2.0 port 4 your ipod w/o the hard drive. sometimes when i plug my ipod into my PC it will stop everything for 5 minutes then it starts to work. so i recommend to plug it into the 2.0 and wait a while and see what happens.
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