Ipod shows empty.

Ipod shows empty, but space is still shown used. And everytime I connect my iPod, iTunes stops working. Please help.

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 resulting numbers and we can decide what the best course of action would be from there.
B-rock

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