My 1st gen. mini says 'do not disconnect', but nothing changes

as i said in the subject, i have an iPod Mini first generation. Since 3 weeks i have some problems with putting new songs on it. when i connect the iPod, everythings ok. my computer (Windows XP) recognises the iPod, and iTunes gets started. the ipod says 'do not disconnect' as usual, but songs aren't transported to the ipod, or songs i removed from iTunes dont leave the iPod. after a while the 'do not disconnect' goes away, so it should be updated. also itunes says that my ipod is up to date. can somebody please help me?
ipod mini first generation Windows XP none

(i've forgotten to say: i've already installed the latest ipod software and itunes..)

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