HP iPOD mini = Piece of Trash

I have had nothing but problems with my HP apple iPOD mini. For starters it had to be returned to HP, after a month of usage, as it just stopped working. They did repair it, and I received it back after a couple weeks.
Well the problems continue. Today I transferred a bunch of music onto my iPOD, and when I plugged my iPOD in at work, to update the library, all the new songs I had uploaded to the iPOD had become corrupt. I know for a fact they were fine before, as I was listening to them on the way to work. Now all my songs appear to be corrupt, and I cannot listen to any of them.
In addition when I plugged my iPOD into my machine at work, iTUNEs popped up, which I closed, as it is a horrible piece of software. Much to my dismay if went ahead and updated my iPOD software, even after I told it not to, and not to ask me again.
Am I seriously going to have to send this lemon of a product in again for more technical support? I have not even owned this product for 6 months and it has failed, completely twice, and become corrupt multiple times. I knew there was a reason why I did not buy HP or Apple products, and the reason has become even more apparent.

And this has nothing to do with it being an HP iPod. Obviouslty you have a problem with your computer, NOT your iPod. This is in no way Apple's fault.
Im sorry you dont know what you are talking about. The third party program did not cause anything to become corrupt. I very clearly stated, the songs were fine, and I listened to them on my way to work. The songs became corrupt after plugging my iPOD into my PC at work and iTUNES syncing the library, after I told it not to.
The fact that I have had this exact same problem before, with the entire iPOD becomming corrupt, over time, and had to send it off to be fixed, is proof positive that the storage media has become corrupt yet again.
So you Ejected it using iTunes or from the USB manager, correct?
I ejected the ipod from my computer which lists all drives including the iPOD when connected. I know the proper disconnection routine, as I have done it numerous times without issue.
And Apple hardware/software is to blame because???
The third party program is not to blame. It is by a reputable company, I have used there software on my creative jukebox without issue, and have used it multiple time before, with my iPOD, without issue. Apple hardware / software is to blame, because everything has become corrupt, the exact same way things occured the last time I had to send it off to be fixed. Last time I phoned about this problem I was told to use the update software to erase everything and to use the reset procedure. This did not work at all, and problems persisted as they do now.
This type of responce is the biggest cop-out there is. People are more willing to pass the problem onto another company, just to wipe there hands clean of a poorly manufactoured product. If we were to look at the history of defects in products, from both companies, it becomes very clear where the problem lies.
So they were MP3 format, not AAC? Or were you trying to use a non-Apple codec in WMP?
They were the proper format for the iPOD. Windows Media Player can play anything on the iPOD very easily. There is a reason windows media player can download codecs it does not initially come with. It is also the reason I ejected my iPOD and tried the headphones, and the songs were stil corrupt, as I wanted to make sure it was the iPOD and not windows media player which was the problem.
You aren't using any Apple software (except what is on the Mini) and Apple software messed up how?
I very clearly stated iTUNES was the culprit, and yes iTUNES is apple software. In addition the entire library on the iPOD has spotaneously become corrupt as it did the last time I had to send it in for repairs. If events unfold in a similiar manner as last time, my iPOD should stop functioning, at all, in a very short period of time.
Even a quick glance at the threads in this forum would give a person the understanding, that I am not the only person with these types of problems.

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