IPod shuts my computer down

Question

I've got a 20gig click wheel ipod, maybe two years old, used on Windows XP. A few weeks ago, I transferred the songs off my iPod back onto my hard drive.
Ever since then, I have not been able to update my ipod.
Right now, I have about 250 songs in my itunes library. I deleted all the songs I brought off my old iPod, but have a bunch of song files I saved on a flash drive.
Every time I plug in my iPod, it starts to update, gets anywhere from 50-200 songs in, and then it shuts down my computer. My entire laptop just turns off. I have restored my iPod to factory settings and have the most updated versions of iTunes and iPod softwear.
Any idea what's wrong? Do I have an infected iPod? Is there any way I can fix this without shelling out for a new iPod?

Answer 1

Every time I plug in my iPod, it starts to update, gets anywhere from 50-200 songs in, and then it shuts down my computer.
are you getting any sort of blue screen? if so, what numerical and text codes are you getting with it? (ie 0x[zeros/letters/numbers] CAPSANDUNDERSCORES)
if the blue screen mentions a specific file, let us know what that is called too. (exact spelling, please.)
here's a reference on the sorts of things i'm asking about:
Troubleshooting Windows Stop Messages
if you're not seeing a blue screen (or just a flash of one), we can use this technique to make hidden blue screens appear for us:
1) Open your system control panel (Start->Control Panels->System).
2) Select the "Advanced" tab.
3) Click the "Startup and Recover" section's "Settings" button
4) Verify that under "System Failure" the "Automatically restart" checkbox is not checked.