40 gig iPod Gapless Playback

I was under the assumption that the old 40 gig iPod does not support Gapless Playback. When I plug it in to the mac, iTunes starts and I get the message, "Determining Gapless Playback Information", and the spinning wheel. I have 1,146 songs on there, and I've had it hooked up all day at work (9 hours) and it's on song number 746.
I can do other things on the computer, just nothing in iTunes. What gives? I can't eject it, the only way out is to unplug it. When I wanted to use it I just unplugged it but got tired of doing that so thought today I would just let it update and it's a little over half done in 9 hours.

Have you looked through the support documentation in regards to hard drive size error reports? If no one can help you here, I suggest taking it to a local mac reseller that has technicians with experience in hardware. It's a resource that exists and doesn't get enough appreciation. Good luck.

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    http://www42.zippyshare.com/v/37047710/file.html
    https://www.sendspace.com/file/lubcmc
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