Ipod shuffle wont add songs, repeatedly asked to reformat

so i had my ipod shuffle working no problem. i was using itunes 9 with windows vista. recently over break, i rebuilt my computer, including installing windows 7 ultimate onto another hard drive. i have my comptuer booting in windows 7, but also have my initial hard drive that was windows vista as my d drive. i still have itunes on there, but it wouldnt work through my d drive, so i installed the newest version onto my new c drive. i went to go sync it, erasing everything like told. well suddenly, when adding songs, it would allow only 19 songs onto my shuffle, then stop syncing. no matter what other song, it just would say its updating then stop. so i reformatted it again, and went to add it again. now it added only three songs. i error check the ipod, considering everytime i put my ipod into the usb cord, a notice comes up saying it needs to be check. it says everythings fine, yet it still comes up wityh these notices that it needs to be checked, or reformatted. now, i cant even add anymore songs, not even one. when i go to hit play when just trying to listen to music, the color sequence comes up: orange green orange green orange green. please help, i dont like the third or fourth generations at all, only the second, and i really dont want to spend anymore money then i already have.

allspikedup wrote:
so i go up to file and select transfer purchases from that menu and it will only transfer 81 out of the 131 on the ipod.
Are ALL 131 purchased songs? Reason I ask is that ONLY purchased songs are
transferred in this process...

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