Songs not showing up on iPod or in iTunes :(((

My iPod is showing up in iTunes, but none of the songs or playlists can be seen on the iPod or on the computer .. Sometimes, right after I connect the iPod to the computer, there's a yellow baloon which tells me that the file or directory \iPod_Control\iTunes\iTunesPref is corrupt and unreadable and I should run the Chdsk utility. What is This Chdsk utility anyway?
Thank you for your time..
PC Windows XP

Okay, I have restored my iPod and also managed to copy some songs in iTunes which now also show up on the iPod. Which is great. But that only happened once.
Right after I copied one music album in iTunes, the iPod disconnected itself. This happens now everytime I connect the iPod to the computer and iTunes gets started..
what should I do?
P.S: Oh, and thanks a lot for your previous answer, it's been a great help..at least for the moment
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