ITunes wont alter iPod after initial sync

ok i have this annoying problem that isnt a huge deal but is a pain the ... bottom?!?! anyways whenever i plug my 5g 30gb iPod into my AMD 3400 win XP Pro it syncs, but then while it is still plugged in any other changes that are made to podcasts etc arent tranferred over to my iPod, it's like it disconnected, actually i get a message that it cannot find "x's ipod" to transfer it over to. i have to eject it and plug it back in to get it to handle any more changes... which is a pain in the ... bottom?? when you are trying to leave somewhere quickly and realise there was a new podcast which came in and you want to listen to it while you are out...
anyways any suggestions would be awesome... it is prob just my stupidity frustrating me

thanks for the help, but it didnt work
i get the message
"the ipod 'x's ipod' cannot be updated. the disk could not be read from or written to."
hmmm grrrr thanks for trying to help me tho!! any other ideas would be appreciated!

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When I plug in my ipod, itunes starts up and syncs. But any subsequent attempts to sync or turn on disk mode fail with the following error "The iPod PJ's IPod cannot be synced. The required disk could not be found". The ipod back light would usually come back on and the big red "do not disconnect" will usually display, that doesn't happen on the subsequent attempts either. All attempts to Enable disk use fail with this error as well. I can disk connect and re-connect to get Ipod to sync again.
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_Windows Hardware_
A PC with a 1GHz Intel or AMD processor
Screen resolution of 1024x768 or greater
Playing videos purchased on the iTunes Store requires an Intel Pentium D or faster processor
Playing HD-quality videos purchased on the iTunes Store requires a 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or faster processor
512MB of RAM; 1GB is required to play HD-quality videos
A DirectX 9.0-compatible video card with 32MB of video RAM; 64MB recommended
A QuickTime-compatible audio card
A broadband Internet connection to use the iTunes Store
An iTunes-compatible CD or DVD recorder to create audio CDs, MP3 CDs, or back-up CDs or DVDs
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