ITunes to iPod error

During the initial loading of my 5G iPod, iTunes displayed the message "Attempting to copy to the disk "Bob's Ipod" failed. The disk could not be read from or written to." I can restart the update and iTunes picks up where it left off. All songs on the iPod seem to work fine. Note: This is a replacement iPod. The first one had a HD crash within the first month. Any ideas on what's causing iTunes to complain?
Various Windows XP
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