IPod syncs in iTunes, then when I disconnect, there isn't any music on it.

Okay, so I've been all over this discussion board looking for answers. I've done all the normal things to overcome the problem and it's still here. There's two weird things, and I think they're related and both of them have to do with my iTunes, not my iPod. When I connect my iPod, which has been formatted, restored, you name it, to wipe it clean - it comes up with it being almost full of OTHER. There's nothing on the iPod (as I can tell if I plug it into a different computer). Then, when I try to copy music to it, it says it's transferring and the music shows up under the music tab of my iPod in iTunes, but if I unplug the iPod and check to see if it copied, it remains unchanged and the music doesn't show up. Like I said, I plugged it into a different computer and everything worked fine. So, I completely removed iTunes and every component of the software I could find and reinstalled the new version, but as soon as I plug in my iPod, it recognizes it, and shows me that it's 90% full of OTHER and has the same problems. Anyone have any suggestions? I'm uninstalling iTunes and going back to version 6, just to see if it will change anything.

Okay, so many frustrating hours later, I tried the last thing I could think of (should have been the first). I went into the Windows device manager and uninstalled the ipod, and then reconnected it and let windows reinstall the driver for it. Once I reinstalled iTunes 7, it recognized the ipod as new and asked me to set it up, the OTHER stuff on the bar that shows free space was empty and now it sycs fine. Problem solved

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