Gen7 classic, asks to restore but checks out fine in disc utility

hey,
I have a gen 7 ipod classic. It has had issues as the new HD started fading. Finally it was stuck on a recovery loop and I couldn't recover. Wouldn't restore as kept shutting down and starting up again. Would also get the couldn't restore error 1432 I believe the odd time it would stay on during a restore attempt.
Wouldn't erase or repair disc in disc doctor
So I installed a 32Gb CF memory card and plugged back in to macbook. it got the same need to restore and initially wouldn't. So opened disc utility and erased and formatted the CF chip to Mac Os extended journaled which it did like a charm. Then reconnected to itunes and did a restore and went thru the process just fine. I get the will restart leave plugged in window. However when it restarts I get the detected ipod in recovery mode but no error #
I ejected it and ran it thru repair harddrive in disc doctor and comes out w/no probs detected
The ipod shows in itunes .... however shows
Capacity: zero KB
Serial Number: 8L75087etc
iTunes version: 12.0.1.26
Macbook Pro OS 10.9.5
cheers and thanx

update:
tried dragging a file off the destop into the ipod icon and works as well as can open file perfectly which maybe suggests iTunes is corrupted?
however can't seem to uninstall and reinstall iTunes (seperate thread [url}uninstall and reinstall itunes, mavericks[/url]

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