Ipod classic erased nightmare

Hi all
My classic was bought in uk in 2008 and has been slowing down a bit. Today it was saying on my mac book that it couldn't repair my hard disc. I erased the ipod and started again. When connecting the ipod to the mac, it all seemed to by syncing ok, until it ended and the ipod showed no music or films and said i had no space on it left. When re-connecting the ipod to the mac it says that the sync is complete yet there it still no music or films to be found. Please help. thank you

Most likely your iPod hardisk is in bad shape, too many pending sectors number. If you have added new USB devices to your Mac Book, would be good idea to disconnect them when syncing your iPod.
One of the USB port on the Mac book is using a shared data and power bus, with iSight, Bluetooth, infrared, so take note of which one is giving problem and switch to the other USB port.
Do a disk diagnostic as posted earlier by tt2 in this link
https://discussions.apple.com/message/17028567#17028567
Have a nice day!

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751
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