5th Gen Ipod/Itunes 7.2 Problems (Freezing, Ipod corruption, slow upload..)

Let's catalogue our problems with the 5th generation IPod and ITunes 7.2, shall we? My IPod has worked fine for the last 11 months, I downloaded the new ITunes and now things have started going wrong.
I plugged my IPod into my computer (like I always do) and it said didn't recognize my IPod as "MY Ipod." It then said the IPod was corrupted and to restore it. I restored it, then it froze. I restored it again and then started uploading my 12,000 songs. Halfway through, it froze.
So I restored again. Started uploading again. I ejected the IPod, let it rest for a bit, then connected it again. Then it froze. Plugged it back in. IPod corrupted. Restore. Re-connect. Re-freeze. Restore again. Notice a pattern?
Now I've been patient after repeating this cycle a number of times. At this point, 11,000 of my songs have uploaded and I just have about a thousand more... then the upload started going slow. Rather than being a couple of seconds per song, it's now about a minute per song. It'll probably freeze soon, corrupt the IPod, and then I'll have to restore again.
Anyone having the same problem? What have you done? I find it ridiculous that my 400 dollar, 11 month old IPod was treated impeccably and then suddenly stops working once Apple released a new ITunes platform.

I know what you're talking about...
I do regret updating to 7.0.2
After the upgarde it also says that my iPod is corrupt and needs to be restored. However, if I do connect it to my other computer with the 7.0.1 version of iTunes, it works perfectly. And of course the iPod itself also works great.
So, I don't wanna follow the instructions at you did as I guess that it wouldn't help a bit. As usual, all upgades of firmware or iTunes seems to get something other wrong.
Apple! Fix this now. It's really a pest that every update destroys something else. Good ****, you're even worse than Microsoft!

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