[the Ranger]

The exact thing happened to me last week. I have a 4th gen ipod that has worked flawlessly for for almost three years. After I updated to itunes 7.0.2 I started to get the same error message. Since i only had backup files on it I went ahead and restored it thinking it would fix it, but now every-time I plug my ipod in it still does the same thing. occasionally it will act like it is transferring, but after about 5-10 min it freezes EVERYTHING! Im using a Powerbook G4 that I bought at the same time and the only way to get it working again is to do a hard restart on both the laptop and the ipod. Its been like this for two days now and I have no clue what to do.