Why can't i get music on to my iPod???

hi
i have a 2005 5th gen iPod. No real probs till now. It has had a few error messages such as it needs converting to windows- which is bizarre as it is a windows one.
the main problem is that it now won't upload music from my iTunes library- it keeps saying that it cannot sync music. I have another iPod, a nano and that has no probs.
now i remember it the 5th gen has also had an error message saying it was corrupt, which i find ridiculous, as it has been working fine till now and has not until today been hooked up to my laptop for a while.
can someone please help??

now i remember it the 5th gen has also had an error message saying it was corrupt, which i find ridiculous, as it has been working fine till now and has not until today been hooked up to my laptop for a while.
Hmmmm. It might be worth checking to see if you're getting a Windows drive letter confusion on that laptop. See the following document:
Windows confuses iPod with network drive or hard drive and may keep iPod from mounting or songs may seem to disappear

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