ITunes freezes when I plug my ipod in

This problem started when iTunes said it couldn't sync some of the songs to my ipod. I think it said my ipod was corrupt or something like that so I tried to restore it. It froze after the restore, so I unplugged the iPod. It works when it's not plugged in, there's just nothing on it. When I plug it into the computer iTunes freezes. I tried doing reformatting it through Windows in disk mode, then it showed up in iTunes as corrupt. I restored it and the same thing happened. I don't know what to do; does anyone know anything about this?

If the above steps don't work, I went through a lot of trial and error to fix mine but found that this method worked great.
1. Press and hold select and menu to reset.
2. When the apple comes up, press select and play to put the iPod in disk mode.
3. Plug iPod in and make sure iTunes recognizes it. It will still give you an error but ignore it.
4. Find out what the iPod drive name is. Mine is G: so be careful what you put in because this will completely format any drive you type in.
Open up CMD from the run or start menu. Type in:
Format G: /FS:FAT32.
(Remember to replace G: with whatever drive your iPod is.)
Then hit enter. It may take a while. This will start the iPod format.
5. When that is finished, you will get an error that says something like the drive is too big for FAT. Ignore this.
6. Eject the iPod using iTunes and then press the select and menu button to reset the iPod back into normal mode.
7. Plug the iPod back in. You will get a message on Windows saying that you need to format it again. Ignore this.
8. Restore the iPod using iTunes.
This method will completely wipe the iPod and formats the entire thing to its original file format. I have read that doing this can reduce the life of the iPod, but better than having a iPod paper weight. This method made mine run like new again. I found that using the Windows Format Utility doesn't work to well. The CMD format seemed to do the trick. Hope this helps.

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