ITunes freezing when transferring music

I recently bought a new computer and tried to transfer my iPod to the new one. I wasn't sure how to move the music from the old computer to the new one, but I eventually did it anyway (I used a huge flashdrive {or whatever it's called} in the end). When I installed iTunes and moved the music into my library, then connected my iPod to the computer, it showed about 80 songs transferred (out of 300-400), then iTunes froze. I was eventually able to quit iTunes, the iPod woke up, and showed that nothing was on the iPod. What did I do wrong? How can I fix it? I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling both the iPod and iTunes, but I'm out of ideas.

Hi,
Try uninstalling iTunes and then reinstalling iTunes. Tell me if this works.
xxmitchxx90

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