My 4th Gen will not sync, getting v frustrated..can anyone help?

I have a 4th gen nano that does not want to connect to either laptop here.  It will connect when first plugged in, but as soon as i-tunes start to sync it disconnects and can not be found on the laptop unless I unplug and start again.
Help - i have tried resetting the ipod and restarting the laptop...

I recently had the same problem with the 5th generation nano. I eventually ended up going through every artist and syncing in seperately. It helped in finding the source of the problem but took a while... Hope this helps (;

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