Upgraded to itunes 5.0  I have no music on ipod, cant update

My 40gb 4 generation Ipod is not connecting to itunes with my T42 IBM laptop with XP. I can see the ipod as a disk but when ever i click it, it will take a very long time do anything. It also shows that I only have 15gb free space even though I ave never had that much data in the ipod, I just have restored ipod so it should be empty, other than that Ipod seems to be ok. So after installing itunes 5.0 it wiped out my ipod and all the songs in it. I have restored it, done all the apple solutions to the problem but cant get itunes to connect with the ipod. I tried to format the ipod from windows but it just didnt do that. When ever i try to contact ipod anyway it takes forever to get anything done to it. I understand that many people are experiencin the same problems, but I havent found exactly the same symptoms. I tried withmy DELL D600 which have older itunes and older ipod updater and win2000 same symptoms. I took to maintenance company, they said it was ok. So any help is much appreciated, I need my Ipod!

I have had a very similar problem
-Currently using: Windows XP Home edition with most recent updates
-2.39Ghz processor, Itunes 5
-IPOD 20GB I only have used up 3.9GB
Very similar problem
My IPOD has recently had a weird problem after installing Itunes 5. When I
first connect the ipod to the computer everything seems to be working fine,
because the ipod displays the "please do not disconnect" message, and ITUNES
comes up on the screen and lets me play music from my ipod only for a brief few
minuets. The computer then stops playing the song it was currently playing and
I tunes freezes. After that point the only way to unfreeze Itunes is to press
select/menu on the ipod. When the ipod restarts and I plug the ipod back into
my computer it won't bring I tunes up again, and I am unable to access the ipod
drive. A screen comes up after 10 minuets saying I have to reformat my ipod
because it can not be read. I have already done so about 10 times and I still
have the same problem.
My ipod doesn't freeze when I'm just listening to it with my earphones or on my
stereo, but it laggs more thean usual when changeing songs or menus (I have
only used up 3.9GB). I have also tried using my ipod on other computers and I
get the same problem. Please Help!

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