New Nano shows up as old Nano in itunes

Hi,
I've searched the forums and found multiple problems with the Nano.....wow. Here's my problem:
I have 2 Nanos (N1 and N2). N1 is the original Nano 4gb I bought and it worked fine. I purchased another Nano (N2) and a few weeks ago it worked fine also, on the same itunes/user account. I could switch back and forth and itunes would show the proper Nano name.
However, last week my N2 Nano now shows up as the N1 Nano in itunes, even though Windows shows it as the proper N2 disk label. What's going on??? I can plug/unplug the N2 Nano and itunes shows the N1 Nano as being plugged/unplugged. Itunes also shows the music which is on the N1 Nano when the N2 Nano is plugged in (they have different playlists and music). This isn't right.
btw, I don't have them both plugged in at the same time....I only use them one at a time.
This is driving me crazy. Why can't itunes properly show what Windows already knows....the proper name and files for my N2 Nano?
HELP!!!!!!
Mike

okay ... it's plausible that you might have a rare "doubled" version of the following issue:
Windows confuses iPod with network drive and may keep iPod from mounting or songs may seem to disappear
what happens with this (if it's what is going on in your case) is that you get a confusion between a drive and nano1, and an ipod_control folder makes it's way to the drive. plug in nano2, and you get a confusion with nano2 and the drive ... itunes reads the settings in the errant ipod_control folder, and thinks it's looking at nano1.
does changing the drive letter have any effect on the misidentification?
you may need to put the ipod into disk mode to get it to show up in Disk Management:
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