How to find corrupted music files causing sync problems (dotted grey circle)?

I'm having the dreaded dotted grey circle problem and it's driving me mad. Based on what I read in the for a it could be because a new music upload is corrupted, but how do I find it, when each try to sync last two hours? And then to de-sync again lasts another half hour, to resync again lasts another two hours ... My life is not long enough for this crap!
Often I have no idea what it's doing - "waiting for changes ..." ... should I wait hours for something happen only to realise nothing's happening??

Is that even possible? We're talking about a 6-year-old iPod thereabouts.

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I had a list of music files in my gallery. I wanted to remove all, then i marked all n deleted but then it shows me 'System Error'..
so i tried to deleted them off through memory card. Files deleted but still appears in my gallery. Tried to delete again but this time it shows Files Corrupted.
pls, I need some adviseon how to completely remove them.
Thanks.

My new 5800 had the same problem.
I fixed it like this:
- first used the Content Copier in the OVI suite to backup the memory card.
- then go into the FileManager application on the phone, select the memory card and then under Options->Memory Card Options select "Format". This will wipe all the data off the memory card.
- Then I restored the memory card from the backup using the ContentCopier again (otherwise you end up losing all the Nokia Maps)
- Switched the phone on and off again.
- Going into the music player, it came up with a message like "Looking for music files" or something.
- Once this had finished, all the working music tracks were back in the library but the corrupt ones were gone.
No other problems that I can see after doing this.
regards
Message Edited by lameplanet on 06-May-2009 06:11 PM
Message Edited by lameplanet on 06-May-2009 06:12 PM

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You can't do that.
And before you decide to store any music that you own on a computer at work, talk to your IT department. Many organizations do not permit it for legal reasons. Standard policies are that anything stored on company owned computers is the property of the company. It could not be legally stored on their machines unless you transfer the licenses and all copies, physical and digital, to the company, meaning you no longer own the music. If they were to be audited and could not prove that they own the music, they would be subject to copyright violation penalties. Just use your iPod when you're at the office if you want to listen to music.

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Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
You can use Home Sharing to import music and other media from one computer to another. Please use the instructions and information located in the attached article for information on how to complete the process.
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That article is about using your iPod as an external hard drive, to move files from one computer to another computer. It is not related to your question.
You can't use iTunes to move song files from iPod to computer, except for songs you purchased from the iTunes Store (and you can also re-download purchases). However, there are third-party methods and utilities that can move song files from iPod to computer. If you do a Google search on something like "ipod transfer," you should get some links.
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