Restoring my iPod on a Windows PC

Is it odd that my week old iPod already asked me for a restoration?
I uploaded all my songs and videos to a new 80GB black iPod earlier in the week.
Everything has been fine.
But I also own a 4 GB iPod Mini and I decided to update the songs on that device as well.
Once that was done, I decided to plug the new black 80GB iPod in and a message popped up saying my iPod was in restoration mode and needed to be completely wiped out.
Granted, this only took 5 minutes but I wasn't sure if I had a defective unit or if this kind of restoration is necessary every time I switch between my two iPods.
Or is there another problem at play here? (Do iPod updates require a restore as well?)
Thanks for the help!

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