IPod Classic 120GB freezes, won't add more songs

Hi Guys!
I was wondering if anyone can help me, I've been reading through some posts and it seems some people may have the same problem as me.
A friend of mine kept my iPod plugged in and was transferring all my music onto her Macbook pro, and I'm not sure what she did, but somehow it erased all my songs from the iPod. Since then every time I try to add songs, whether on iTunes or bypassing iTunes, it freezes just after adding a maximum of 300 songs, and only about 60 will be found on my iPod, or sometimes nothing at all, even when I safely remove the device.
I've even tried many attempts of restoring, reformatting, bypassing iTunes, all sorts of ways, trying a Windows format, Mac format. Nothing works. I am so upset, my iPod was full, and now that I'm traveling I don't have anything to listen to. I'm worried my iPod is permanently dead.
Can anyone diagnose my problem for me by any chance?
Thank you so much.
Kershia

Perhaps it would be worth it to run a health check on your iPod's HD. See this older post from another forum member turingtest2 on how to perform this test and what the resulting numbers indicate.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3784647?start=0&tstart=0
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