Itunes freezes and fails to recognise my ipod classic.

Hello.
I have an ipod classic 160gb, which I bought last summer. I have managed to previously upload music perfectly with no problems. However, I recently plugged in my ipod, which said it was connected, but itunes failed to automatically start up and wouldn't do so even when I double-clicked the icon. I then unplugged my ipod and managed to get itunes running, but it had to change some of my windows settings that it said were incompatible with itunes. I still managed to play and use my ipod, but it did freeze after the incident and refused to play a song that had previously played fine. I then tried to replug my ipod to the computer and itunes failed to work again, so I disconnected the ipod and uninstalled and reinstalled itunes, but the problem still persisted. I then left my ipod plugged in for over two hours, with itunes up (I started it up before plugging in the ipod), whilst I went to work and when I returned, it had recognised that there was an ipod, but claimed it was corrupted and recommended unplugging it and then re-plugging it or restoring it. However, I have over 5000 songs on my ipod that are no longer on itunes so I am reluctant to restore it and I have had similar experiences with my previous ipod classic 160gb, where I reconnected it and then ejected it and all the songs had disappeared. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

The only way, that I can think of, that you can fix your iPod is to put it into DFU (download firmware update) mode by holding in the menue button and centre button simultaneously until an apple logo appears. However, this will delete all your data. To retrieve the data, I would reccommend using an application such as Pod2Mac or Pod2Pc before entering DFU. These applications will help you get a copy of all your music from your iPod onto your computer which can then be synched back later.
Always ensure you have the latest version of iTunes installed on your computer and the latest version of your Operating System.
Hope this helps!!!

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