ITunes telling me to restore iPod as it is "recovery mode"

Using iPod to connect to two machines (both windows xp) -iTunes works fine on one but on second machine it will not allow me to access the iPod as it states it has detected an iPod in recovery mode and the solution it proposes is restore. iPod is working fine and can be seen and accessed from the other pc. Am running latest software for both iPod and iTunes.
5th generation video - 60GB Windows XP

Found answr in forum - chnaged the driveletter / path
I apologize for being a dullard, but where in the forum is this answer.
Thanks
PC Windows XP

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