Unknown error occurs [-20] when trying to sync purchased songs to ipod

I have purchased 5 songs via itunes store, and they will no sync to my ipod. an 'unknown error [-20]' occurs then, 'and error occurred while writing the devide' then 'the ipod cannot be synced'.
please help!

I was getting the same error -20(cannot write to the ipod unknown error occured)using Windows XP and couldnt transfer song to my ipod touch. I decided to remove my CA anti-virus and installed the free one from avast.com. BINGO my syncing problem went away. Now I can transfer songs to my ipod with no problems. Try removing your anti-virus and see if that helps.

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