Ipod classic freezes when trying to sync photos

Hi
My Ipod classic has started to freeze every time I try to sync with my PC when adding new photos.
This is something I have done many times before without any problems but as of yesterday, every time I try it just stops dead.
As I type this message, my ipod screen just says connected and the itunes screen says syncing ipod do not disconnect but it's been like this for 2 hours now with nothing to show for it.
Syncing of music and videos works fine I hasten to add.
Not sure if it's relevant but yesterday I updated itunes to 7.7.1.11
Any suggestions would be greatfully recieved
Mark

Hello everyone. I'm new to Apple forums and don't know how to start a new thread! My problem is this: All my photos are on a Seagate External Hard Drive (there are about 3,500 of them) and I want to transfer them to my iPod. I've told iTunes where to find the photos on the EHD, but it just won't load them. I've got the Do not Disconnect message up, and have done for several hours - but no photos. I then tried loading a few hundred photos that I happened to have on the C drive, and that went fine and they loaded no problem. Why can't it load the ones on the EHD? I did it once before and it was fine, so I'm pretty certain I'm not being thick!
Any advice gratefully received. I don't really want to put all my pics back on the C drive as I haven't got that much room left - hence the need for the EHD!
Thanks in advance...

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