Trouble syncing to mini

iTunes seems to recognize my mini: it shows the music I have tried to sync to the mini as having actually synced, but in fact there is nothing on my mini. When I sync (I've tried manual and automatic), iTunes spends a long time syncing, but where the music is going, I have no idea! I have tried various remedies (the five R's, reinstalling software, updating iTunes, etc. to no avail. When I try to use the iPod updater, I get an error message and it won't run. Also, the summary screen for the mini indicates I have 74.4 GB of space when in fact there are only 6 GB on the mini. Does this mean iTunes is confusing the mini for a drive? And in addition, the mini does not show up in "My Computer" even though it appears in iTunes. Any suggestions? I'm getting desperate!

It may not be formatted properly. To format it follow theese steps:
1. Connect your iPod.
2. Open iTunes.
3. In the iPod section click enable disc use.
4. After clicking ok in the dialog box that appears click apply in the right-hand corner of the iPod section.
5. Close iTunes
6. Open my computer
7. Locate the I: drive which should be named with your name or iPod.
8. Right-click it.
9. Click format in the menu that appears.
10. Just click start
11. Once it has finished close the formatting window down.
12. Eject your iPod manually from iTunes
13. Restart your computer and then try automatic syncing again.
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