IPod stops before song is over

Hello, I purchased a new iPod Classic 160GB about 2-3 months ago. I had my old Classic for about 5 years;over the last year I had it the iPod began to stop playing certain songs about 1 minute before the end of the song. This new iPod has been doing it pretty much since I bought it. The song will just stop and the clock/time will appear on the screen with the battery life icon. This occurs very randomly;sometimes after 30 minutes of use,sometimes after 2-3 songs,sometimes not at all. Any idea or fixes I can try? Very disappointing from a brand new unit.
Mary

All of the songs were purchased from iTunes. The new unit is stopping songs that were problematic on the old unit (songs that were purchased 2 years or more ago) and is now stopping on some more recently purchased songs.
I just went back into iTunes and tried to play one of the involved songs on the laptop through iTunes. I rec'd the following message: "The song "xxxxxxxxx" could not be used because the original file could not be located. Would you like to locate it?" This is the 1st time I've ever rec'd this message and I receive it when I try to play any song from any playlist. I clicked on "Locate" I was taken to the System 32 file. I originally had iTunes on a desk top computer and transferred it over to my new laptop approx 6-7 months ago. Did something go wrong with the transfer?
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Hello, Hope someone can help. I have an iPod Classic 30GB. About a month ago it started stopping before a song ended, ie the song would be playing and about 1 minute from the end it would stop. Sometimes it would just stop and go on to the next song, sometimes it would stop and just freeze up. I did a restore, same thing happens but more frequently. I experimented a bit and deleted all instances of a "stopped" song, repurchased it, resynced the iPod....that particular song now plays all the way through. What is going on? Are the song files corrupting? Am I going to eventually have to repurchase all my songs? And and all advice appreciated!!!
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