Ipod classic 80 freezes itunes and won't work

upgraded itunes to 10.1 (etc). plugged in formerly operating ipod classic 80. it showed up in the device list,. but i could not move the cursor off music. had to use ctrl-alt-delete to close itunes.
ipod would not disconnect. tried to disconnectg by clicking on eject media (i'm using windows 7), but nothing happened. was forced to disconnect ipod the wrong way- by pulling out the usb, and only then did uit say- ok to disconnect.
itunes then unfroze.
removed itunes following apples list of how to do it. reinstalled itunes.
reset ipod. started itunes. music plays in itunes. plugged ipod in. it showed up in the device lisiting, but i was unable to left click on it. (however- it trid to sync this time - but i got message that said 'the ipod "jose L morales's iPod" cannot be synced. The required file cannot be found. (and no option but OK)'This time when i right-clicked on the ipod lising, it let me click on eject ipod.
i clicked- it didn't disconnect.
now i have ipod with no music and can't put any music on it.
any suggestions.
and yes- i installed the 64 bit itunes in the 64 bit program files

actually thats what i tried- but on a computer running itunes 9.
plugged ipod i. it would let me transfer music from itunes to ipod (in disk mode), but when unplugged the ipod did not retain the music.
so restored it, and downloaded updated ipod software (not itunes software.
seems to be working now.
(i hope)
jess

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