Erased ipod

I have had a 120gb ipod for the last two years and I have not used it very often.  About a month ago I started having problems with it.  First it would stop short in the middle of a song.  Then it would skip songs and not play them when I would go back to them.   Then it would completely freeze and not work.  About a week ago it erased all of the songs on it and it was not connected to my laptop, it was just sitting on my dresser.  When I tried to sync it to itunes to put the songs back on, I get many error messages (-69, -1303, and others).  I have updated the ipod and itunes, but neither want to work anymore.  I really have no idea what is happening.  Any help would be appreciated.

If Windows recognised it, (ie you can see it in my Computer) there is a good chance of recovery, by using Chkdsk
go to DOS and type in
chkdsk drive: /F
where drive: is the iPod drive ID either D: or E:
The above operation will try to fix any iPod filesystem error.
Then iTunes will pop up, or you may have to Reset iPod while still connected to the PC.
Antivirus has a tendency to freeze Itunes sync Operation with Ipod Classic, causing a timeout, which corrupt your Ipod filesystem, so when iTunes cant read the iPod, it is pointing to this problem. Other causes is when your iPod hardisk is dying, or your battery is dying causing hardisk crashes, (back to the pre-Apple II days).
My suggestion.
Connect your Ipod to the PC and run chkdsk, to fix any iPod diskerror, then disconnect it, after chkdsk complete.
Disconnect your PC from Internet. (just to make sure no nasties creep into your system while you syncing.
Stop the Antivirus program
Connect your Ipod to the PC
When Itunes Open up, Restore your iPod please, this is for iTunes to map correctly, to fix the corrupted filesystem.
When Restore complete, eject the iPod and reconnect again.
Sync your ipod, preferably manually Manage in small batches and disconnect after every batch, to check that all is well, since you got such a huge library.
When all sync is complete, and iPod disconnected, start back your Antivirus and connect back the Internet.
Good Luck! and have a Nice Day!

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