ITunes not seeing iPod Shuffel songs

Hi All
I bought a 2nd gen Shuffel for my girlfriend the other day but ran into plenty of issues.
Firstly, it did not want to be picked up on her PC (W2k with SP4). It kept saying "iPod is corrupted".
Then, I plugged it in my laptop (XP Pro). Restored and updated with latest iPod software. Also copied some music from a CD. Everything was working until the next time I plug it back into my laptop again. iTunes does not see any previously installed music on the ipod.
If I plug it back to my girlfriend's PC (Win2K), once again it say "iPod is corrupted"
Any input on this please???

I have used iTunes and iPods for several years. I
always use automatic updating. Previously, any
change to a song rating I made on my iPod would be
reflected in my iTunes library after a sync. Since
my most recent iTunes update (7.1.1), I have two
problems. (1) iTunes does not update the ratings
changes made on my iPod and (2) podcasts which I
listen to on my iPod are not marked as "not new" in
iTunes. It appears that Apple has screwed up
something in the sync process in the newest iTunes
version. Is anyone else having this problem?
Having exactly the same problem as your first issue. In the playlist of top-rated tunes they all appear. However my iTunes library has 460 relevant tunes, whereas the same playlist on the iPod has 100 fewer. They are greyed out and can't be changed and aren't played.
Any ideas?
TIA Dermot
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9)

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