Error message "disk was not properly ejected" while syncing to iPod Classic

Hello,
I am having a terrible problem with my iPod Classic. All was fine until this morning. For some reason now when I try to sync iPod I receive several error messages. The iPod will start syncing slowly then I receive "Disk was not properly ejected". At this point the iPod disappears from left side of iTunes. The iPod still says "connected". After I click "ok" on error another error message appears saying "iPod cannot be synced, disk could not be read from or written to".
Please help, my music is all I have as I am wheelchair bound.

To be clear, I'm unsure whether or not iOS 6.0 is the latest iPod Touch software but I did get this error message when I attempted to update:
I hope this helps. Thank you!

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