Ipod classic & itunes 10

Dear Apple,
I would like to share a little story about my little buddy, my iPod.
You see, I got my iPod classic about 3 years ago and everything was great. I went everywhere with it; playing the soundtrack to my life. In good times and in bad times my iPod was there. Like a little boy and his puppy my iPod was the world to me there was not a single moment where I did not have my "little buddy" with me. Iwas in heaven when i had my iPod and nothing could bring me down... except a dead battery. For 3 whole years my iPod and I were inseparable. All was great and this year got even better when my most favorite band, Manowar, released thier newest album in June; almost the same time where itunes had an update. As son as i got the album from my local music store i quickly downlaoded it to itunes along with the update. after the install was done i reached for my usb cord to sync the songs, and what i saw next i could not believe a window popped up saying "USB device not recognized" i tryed over and over again and still no use . I went to the iPod forums to see if i could find an anwer, there were many topics some useful some not. I followed all the instructions (reset, reload, try again, put it in disk mode, restore, reinstall) to the letter. to my surpirsed it worked, I was so relived. I was so happy that i didnt lose my "little buddy". But then, a few months later my iPod was running a bit slow,so i plugged it back in to my computer thinking that i can just restore it and it will be fine. I was wrong. as soon as i plugged it back in the same window popped up again "USB device not recognized" so i tryed all the stuff I did before and got it connected to windows BUT it did not show on itunes . i was shocked so i put it into disk mode and saw it lised on itunes. I went to restore it so my iPod was'nt slow and about half way through it stoped restoring saying " failed to restore a file is missing" i had to think for a minute while i picked my jaw off from the floor. How could a file be missing if it has never been attached to a computer in months? I tried EVERYTHING to get to work again. I looked on the forums again for help and even 3rd party website all say the same thing "reset, reload, try again, put it in disk mode, restore, reinstall" I even did a virus check nothing would work my little buddy laid there on my desk motionless, lifeless, not even a spark so i unplugged my buddy to see if there was any sign of life and to see if my songs were still there. All 6000 songs have parished at the hands of itunes 10 only 80 songs remian inside my buddy. I was depressed and shocked I couldnt speak for 15 minuets i tried to resync and resync every time i did its either "USB device not recognized" or not showing up no matter what i did. Even when it did sync it would stop half-way through with an error saying " file not found could not sync" again my buddy was not moving no matter how many times i performed CPR ( by that i mean disk mode a nd restoring). I looked deep into the forumes for another answer and on a a few i found that itunes 10 was no loger compatable with iPod classic, i was in disbelif, shocked, my eyes wide open, jaw on the floor, and brain matter sprayed across my room. How can Apple do this? Release an update to make all previous iPods not compatable. Apple im so disappointed. While you may have great products, your sevice and your loyalty to your customers are ******. If anyone at Apple has any humanity to give me my little buddy back, please help me
-RandomeDude-
P.S I want my buddy alive again not a replacement

Thai is not one of the supported languages.
http://www.apple.com/ipodclassic/specs.html
Languages
Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, and Turkish
Additional language support for display of song, album, and artist information: Bulgarian, Croatian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese
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