IPod Classic not syncing music playlist properly

Hi there
I've an iPod Classic that is only synching 26 out of 41 music items in my playlist. I plugged in my Nano and it synchs all 41 music item fine.
I reset my Classic but still no luck. Any ideas?
Thanks
friendl

I have reviewed numerouse forums and have tried many suggestion but still can't get my classic 80 G ipod to sync music. Everything was deleted from my ipod after synching it to my library. I only had a few podcast that needed updating. I am not sure why the ipod had the items deleted in the first place. I linked the ipod to itunes and was told I needed to reset the ipod. I reset it, loaded the newest software and still could not get the ipod to synch. I have 4335 songs and podcast total. The ipod would sync to 3775 and just stop. I have deleted itunes reinstalled. Reformatted the ipod. Reset the ipod. I have followed all suggestion and still can't get the ipod to update. Even after the ipod appears to be updated when it locks up and I disconnect it the songs do not show. Any suggestions would be so appreciated.

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I have a 120GB black classic iPod, and I received it as a Christmas present nearly 2 years ago.
I recently restored it, since I was already having troubles, and updated to iTunes 10. When I connect it to my computer, it will occasionally show up in "My Computer" as "Removable Disk L:" (I set it to L, since I named my iPod Levi. Laugh if you want).
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*Diagnostics Mode*
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Reallocs: 12
Pending Sectors: 0
PowerOn Hours: 2202
Start/Stops: 894
Temp: Current 24c
Temp: Min 10c
Temp: Max 50c
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*Reallocated Sectors Count*
Count of reallocated sectors. When the hard drive finds a read/write/verification error, it marks this sector as "reallocated" and transfers data to a special reserved area (spare area). This process is also known as remapping, and "reallocated" sectors are called remaps. This is why, on modern hard disks, "bad blocks" cannot be found while testing the surface – all bad blocks are hidden in reallocated sectors. However, as the number of reallocated sectors increases, the read/write speed tends to decrease. The raw value normally represents a count of the number of bad sectors that have been found and remapped. Thus, the higher the attribute value, the more sectors the drive has had to reallocate.
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1. Your drive will retain the "dirty" status until it has been successfully scanned by a disk check utility.
2. While there are a number of threads concerning this issue, which I've not personally experienced, I suspect that in comparison to the number of users this represents a tiny fraction of the overall user base. This is not to diminish your right to be frustated, but to point out that, while the problem is readily apparent to you, it may not be sufficently widespread to have come to the attention of Apple's iTunes team or present with enough regularity for them to determine the cause and hence begin the process of creating a fix.
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