Help ASAP 80gb classic iPod wont load songs

i usully connect my ipod to my pc, but one day i connected it to a mac and tried to load a few songs on. the mac froze, and displayed an error screen saying that it had to shut down. i removed the ipod before turning the mac back on again and it had gone black so i reset it. when it came back up all my music was gone. i tried reconnecting it, and the mac told me it was unverifiable. i restored it to it's factory settings and it connects fine now, but i can only load 2 songs on at a time, it's very slow and if i tried to load more the computer displays an error screen and ejects the ipod. please help!!!
thanks

Hey there,
I would check out this site. It may not say anything about your problem, but it still might be able to fix it. It's worth a shot.
[Erase Your iPod The Super Fix for Most iPod Problems|http://www.methodshop.com/gadgets/ipodsupport/erase/index.shtml]
Or you can attempt this method as given by turingtest2, but only if you hook it up to your PC.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1954703&tstart=0
B-rock

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