ITunes can't see other Ipod synced by another computer.

I have another IPod that is used by someone else. She wants it erased and it needs to be updated, but they are having problems with their dial up connection. It keeps saying that it has to be updated first. I said that I would try it on my computer. But when I hook it up, my ITunes doesn't see it. ( It doesn't show up on the left side, under devices ) If I plug in my Ipod, it shows up. How do I get ITunes to see both her Ipod and mine on my computer?

ok, so i just tried my sisters iPhone & it doesnt work either...so it must be some kind of connection issue arising from my PC & not a problem with the iPod Touch or the Remote program..does anyone think i need to make any adjustments to my router settings?
i ran a diagnostics on iTunes & it passed all tests

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I keep my laptop music on an external drive. Today the drive accidentally got disconnected and thus iTunes (latest version Win XP) does not recognize it. OK, simple I thought and so I went into ADVANCE and set the directory to:
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[CODE]matthew@matthew-laptop:~$ dmesg | tail
[ 4127.628000] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access Apple iPod 1.62 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[ 4127.632000] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] 58605120 512-byte hardware sectors (30006 MB)
[ 4127.632000] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 4127.632000] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 68 00 00 08
[ 4127.632000] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
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[ 4127.636000] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
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[/CODE]
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[CODE]matthew@matthew-laptop:~$ dmesg |tail
[ 9694.884000] Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 0
[ 9775.112000] sd 19:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVEROK,SUGGESTRETRY
[ 9775.112000] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 0
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last_lba(): I don't know how to handle files with mode 40755
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[CODE]matthew@matthew-laptop:~$ mkfs.vfat /dev/sdb2
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