Ipod classic always has to restore, then doesn't sync

Hello,
my ipod's problem is the following. Whenever I connect it to itunes it comes up saying itunes has found a damaged ipod and it need to be restored, so then I restore, because I have no other option. After this, I press sync and it starts syncing the whole library back normally, but when it reaches around the last 100 tracks it starts to go very slow and eventually freezes completely. after a while of being like this an error message comes up saying itunes was unable to sync.
I've tried to sync manually and it does exactly the same thing.
I was thinking maybe it's the hardrive, maybe it needs a new one.
Has anyone went through this before? Or anyone know how to solve it?
I would be veru grateful.
cheers

It could be an indication or a damaged or dying hard drive. I would recommend doing a disk diagnostic on the iPod's HD using the instructions given by turingtest2 in this older thread. He also covers what the resulting numbers indicate.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3784647?start=0&tstart=0
If necessary, post the resultings numbers and we can verify what the next steps to take.
If there are any other USB devices connected to the PC (minus the keyboard and mouse) remvoe them and reboot your PC. Then reconnect your iPod with iTunes.
B-rock

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