Intermittent problem with 160GB Classic

If you have a car you'll know the worst problem is an intermittent fault because of the difficulty of working out the cause. Any advice sorting out the following would be gratefully appreciated.
"Event 1" (ca. 2 weeks ago): synch'd iPOd as normal - wasn't watching everything as I didn't expect any problems but certain everything was done properly (ie. didn't disconnect prematurely). But I did notice that a set of tracks on which I was certain I had not changed the ID3 tags was still included in the set of tracks included in the Stage 2 of 2 synching process. Struck me as strange at the time but thought nothing of it. Put the iPod on a docking station and it wouldn't play - ie. time count for track was static. Navigation wheel worked OK so I could move through the menu structure to check I hadn't inadvertently changed settings. Resynch'ed it straight away but when I took the iPod off the PC the navigation wheel wouldn't work and I couldn't turn it off (ie. prolonged press on "6 o'clock" position on the wheel). Had to leave it on overnight. Came back in the morning and screen off so assumed the battery was drained. Synch'd to PC in the evening and battery charge icon was displayed BUT it charged within 2-4 minutes, so must have shut down during previous night even though navigation wheel was out of service. Resynch'd and everything seemed to be OK for a fortnight, during which I downloaded about half a dozen MP3 tracks and resynch'd them to the iPod without any recurrence of the problem.
"Event 2": being aware of the past problems I noticed tonight that synch-ing process didn't open up Windows Explorer. This happens normally and opens on the logical drive the iPod is connected to (usually J:). This drive has to be closed (on an MS machine) before you can disconnect. Again I noticed that during phase 2 of the synch. process the same set of tracks from the same album referred to above were updated even though I am 100% certain none of the relevant ID3 tags had been changed. Noticed this but complete the synch. as normal and put the iPod on the docking station. Same problem as in first part of "event 1": controls worked but wouldn't play. Went back to iTunes and deleted the tracks from the CD that seemed to be re-synch'd unnecessarily. Then connected the iPod to re-synch again and it seemed to be OK (for now!).
So can anyone please help me to isolate the problem. Is it in the iPod or iTunes, or something latent in a particular CD which I have quarantined by deleting the relevant MP3 tracks?
Thanks in anticipation of any light you can shed because I am floundering around in the dark.

The easy way is just to do a restore. In the future, I wouldn't work on my iTunes library files while the iPod is connected. It seems to me that iTunes already uses a HUGE chunk of system resources, and having the iPod connected just uses even more. Then when you start changing ID3 tags ("Get Info"), it can really cause the system to CHUG. If you don't believe me, try just changing one ID3 tag on a 1.5GB movie file. iTunes practically takes over the computer until it's darned good and ready to do something else.
Or, I'd download [Tagger|http://tvtagger.wordpress.com>, which doesn't use nearly as many resources as iTunes, and allows you to edit many more ID3 fields than iTunes does.

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