Message comes up "iTunes could not backup the ipod...... because the backup was corrupt or not compatible with the ipod. delete back up for this ipod then try again.

My computer was having a mickey fit, and freezing. was doing restores etc. and seemed to be ok, but would freeze again after a few mins or just when i thought it was ok. this one time i tried to sync my ipod, and it froze, so i had to restart the computer, now since then the above message comes up when i try and sync
please help. i do NOT want to lose everything on my ipod
thankyou
tracey

On the computer go to iTunes>Preferences>Devices and delete the backup as the message said, The freezing ccorrupted the last backup that iTunes was making.
See the following regarding iTunes freezing:
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