Ipod update error message says can't write or read to IUPOD

i have itunes 7.0.1 and a 20gb ipod. i am trying to update/reload the ipod from my itunes library. my itunes library is 24gb.....
i have reformatted the ipod to factory settings and deselected the podcast category and have failed at loading the ipod. i get an error message after the reload begins which says that the "ipod cannot be read from or written to"
do i have a bad disk? or am i failing because it is trying to load the entire music library which is 4gb larger than the ipod disk.
thanks
dennis

See this troubleshooting article.
"Disk cannot be read from or written to" error syncing iPod in iTunes.
Why are you trying to load 24GB of music onto a 20Gb iPod!!

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