Extremely difficult syncing

For some reason, my ipod wont sync more than about 100 songs at a time. Ive even replaced the hard drive, thinking that was the issue, but it still doesnt work properly. I have a 4th generation ipod (non-color). More specifically, i can get my ipod to show up in itunes and start to sync, but the sync will randomly stop. I can press sync again and it will continue, but it will stop shortly after that. Makes it impossible to get my 2000+ songs loaded without extreme frustration. Can anyone help me?
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I ended up solving my problem, but it's been a big pain.
I went to FileHippo and downloaded an older version of iTunes, Version 6.0.5, to be exact. Link: http://filehippo.com/download_itunes/
I uninstalled the version of iTunes I was running, which I had updated (which seemed to cause the problems) and installed the old version.
Then I deleted the iTunes Library from its folder (run a search on your computer or check in your Music folder inside the iTunes folder if you're not sure where to find it) because it is not compatible with the older version of iTunes.
After that, I added all the music back and synced my iPod, and it has worked just fine.
One note: If you're going to try this, make sure you write down the songs from any playlists you don't want to lose, because erasing the iTunes library puts you back at zero as far as music, playlists, etc.

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