Upon connecting iPod I get BSOD

I have a new 5th gen iPod and connecting it to my husband's computer works fine. Upon connecting it to my system (both iPod and iTunes are at current versions of software), I do not get the popup window for a new USB device (as I get on my husband's system) and shortly thereafter I get the BSOD on my computer. It is a laptop, and I've tried deinstalling the USB devices and letting Windows reinstall them. I've tried a few other things in the help forums, but nothing has worked, including deinstalling and reinstalling iTunes, resetting the iPod itself. Obviously this is a problem on my laptop, but I don't have any new ideas where to look.

hi stophammertime,
Welcome to the Forums.
It looks like you have some bad sectors on the HDD that's why the OKR didn't work or for some reason, OKR worked but the bad sectors corrupted the OS installation files. To verify this, you will need to run diagnostics on the HDD (try ultimatebootcd as it has diagnostic tools for ever brand of HDD's)
Also, the OneKey Recovery runs on a hidden partition on the HDD (usually the last few sectors of the drive). It's possible to trigger the OneKey Recovery if the partition structure isn't damage but if the target drive has bad sectors (i.e. Drive C:\), it may fail to image the drive or corrupt the installation files.
If verified that you have bad sectors on the HDD, you will need to replace the HDD and from here, you can:
1. Use a recovery disc to restore the default OS (this is only psosible if you have created one using this method)
2. If you can still read the COA product key at the bottom, you can burn an ISO copy on this website and use it to clean install Windows into your PC (if you get issues activating Windows, try to activate by phone).
3. Scratch Windows and use Ubuntu as you're primary OS.
Hope thish elps
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