Some songs copy , some don't

New nano user, here's my info.
IPod Nano SN 7P553RBXTJT Model MA099LL
Running OSX 10.4.5
IPod Updater 206-03-23
ITunes 6.0.4
733 Mhz Power PC G4
896 SDRAM
Some songs copy and some don’t. All from iTunes Website.
Receive message: ! Attempting to copy to the disk “ Marks iPod " failed.
The disk could not be read or written to.
I have followed instructions to Reset, Retry, Restart, Reinstall and Restore.
Please help.
By the way, I have tried to find a phone number, email address or chat for my free 90 day assistance but all roads just lead to dissapointment.
G4   Mac OS X (10.4.5)  
G4   Mac OS X (10.4.5)  

Well I believe I have resolved my problem. My iPod was on auto, I don’t know how it determines what order to copy the songs but it appears to select them in the same order every time. What seams to have been happening is it would be copying songs just fine until one song on a Curtis Mayfield CD and this song was causing the problem? The G4 would start making noise, I would get the error message and no further songs would be transferred. I switched to manual mode, transferred all songs except the one and every thing is fine. By the way, the entire Mayfield CD was from iTunes, any ideas as to why this one song is a problem?
And thanks for the one suggestion anyway.

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