ITunes asks to Restore iPod, but that does nothing

Actually I just solved me problem, but I thought I would post to help others in this situation. The situation would be connecting an iPod(mine's classic) to a Windows XP machine(mine's pro).
Windows has drive letter problems, so this was really the problem. Nothing wrong with the iPod to begin with. When you connect a piece of removable media(flash drive, iPod, etc.) to a USB port in Windows, Windows has to assign a letter to the drive as you are probably familiar with seeing in My Computer. Well, the problem is sometimes Windows forgets that it already assigned a letter to something else and it refers to the new device by the old devices drive letter causing the problem. Essentially iTunes thinks there is a problem because Windows is malfunctioning and referring to two different hardware items with the same name.
Luckily the solution is VERY easy(once figure out what is wrong and you know how to fix it). If you're not sure if this is your problem, try steps 1-2 below and you will find out.
Step 1: Go to Computer Management console by right-clicking on the My Computer icon in the Start Menu and choosing "Manage".
Step 2: Select "Disk Maganagement" (on the left side) and you will see all the drive recognized by your computer on the right. You should be able to distinguish the drives by their respective sizes and/or file formats. (Note: it will not tell you that the drive is an iPod drive, it will just show the drive info as the system sees it). Anyway if you notice that the iPod drive has the letter that you are used to seeing associated with another drive, then there's your problem. If there is no conflict, then keep searching the forums, sorry
Step 3: Right-click on the iPod drive and select "Change Drive Letters and Paths". Then choose "Change". From the drop down menu choose another drive letter (if unsure, you might try to use Z: as the chances are very slim that one is already being used). Then click OK, OK, and Close to get out of the windows.
If the changes don't take immediately, try restarting iTunes, but you should see it work right away.
**IMPORTANT: Windows recognizes devices based on their hardware ID and the port to which they are connected, so if you change the USB port to which you are connecting your device, Windows will think it is a new device and you may have to go through the above steps again. Good Luck!

I had this problem. Solved it by installing an older version of iTunes:
http://www.oldapps.com/itunes.php?old_itunes=63

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