ITunes "uploads" music to iPod, but only loads one or two songs

Hey, I've got somewhat of a problem on my hands.
Whenever I attempt to update my iPod with all the songs in my iTunes library (I restored my iPod recently, losing all of the songs on it), it'll update like nothing was wrong. This will continue for a while, but mid-way through the song upload process, the loading will stop and I'll get a "iPod update complete" message. When I look at my iPod, it will only show one or two new songs have been uploaded onto it.
What can I do to fix this?
Windows XP

hmmmm. do you have any other USB 2.0 peripherals plugged in to the PC?
if so, try (experimentally) disconnecting them prior to a sync. (sometimes power drain through one port can affect an ipod connection on a different port.)
any improvement in sync performance if you try that?
love, b

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