2nd gen freezing, loosing music

My 2nd gen Ipod has been freezing, then when I do the "press select/menu" to restart, all my music disappears and I have to upload it all again. I've had it for around 8 years or so now (got it new), is it time for a new one or can this be fixed?

I recently bought a 2nd gen shuffle and I've
connected to my pc and uploaded music without any
problems.
However, while I'm using the shuffle, for some
unknown reason - and completely at random, the
shuffle seems to lose certain tracks, not all - just
some.
I have loaded nearly 2 hours previously, but after
this disappearing trick has finished, there's usually
only about half a dozen or so left.
I have re-loaded a couple of times but I was
wondering if this is a common/known error and as
such, whether there is a workaround or fix, or should
I just take it back and get another one?
Any help would be very much appreciated.
Are the "disappearing" tracks mucis that was purchased from the iTunes Music Store... in other words, what's their provenance?

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I have an old laptop running WinXP Home SP3 with iTunes 10.2x installed. I sync my old iPod Classic120GB and a newer iPod Touch 2nd Gen 8GB. I recently bought a new laptop with Windows 7 Pro. I am moving everything to the new one. I did not have a problem with the old iPod. But when I tried to sync the Touch it just freezes while trying to backup the existing contents. I have read a few support docs and have tried some of them where I have to tweak some of Window's Admin tools. I have also uninstallled and installed iTunes. There are so many things to try in the troubleshooting steps that I can't really figure out which is which. I also can't backup the contents of my current iPod Touch by attaching the device and right-clicking on it. The Backup context menu just isn't there.
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I recently bought a 2nd gen shuffle and I've
connected to my pc and uploaded music without any
problems.
However, while I'm using the shuffle, for some
unknown reason - and completely at random, the
shuffle seems to lose certain tracks, not all - just
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