Problem Updating Ipod from Itunes

Dont know how popular this problem is, but when i plug my iPod to my comouter, i get a message: "Attempting to copy to the disk <iPod name> failed. The disk could not be read from or written to."
I've looked on the site, but havent had much help. Just wondering if anybody knows what i can do to fix the problem.
Also, before with my older iPod, i never had a problem. I also have problems burning cds usuing itunes, so i dont know if its the hard drive or something

See this troubleshooting article.
"Disk cannot be read from or written to" error syncing iPod in iTunes.

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