Itunes not Responding and Updating Ipod

Everytime I connect my Ipod to the usb, it shows up on itunes and as a drive. But when usually the ipod should be updating, it brings up a window saying itunes isn't responding,giving me options to send the error report or not, and then no matter which i choose, itunes closes and ipod does not update. Even if I reopen itunes, the difficulty happens again.Please help.
THANKS

This may help -- not sure you've got the exact problem I had, but worth a try:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=1548774#1548774

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ITunes Not Responding and Ipod not Updating

Everytime I connect my Ipod to the usb, it shows up on itunes and as a drive. But when usually the ipod should be updating, it brings up a window saying itunes isn't responding,giving me options to send the error report or not, and then no matter which i choose, itunes closes and ipod does not update. Even if I reopen itunes, the difficulty happens again.Please help. I have updated my ipod with the latest updater and reinstalled iTunes.
THANKS

This may help -- not sure you've got the exact problem I had, but worth a try:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=1548774#1548774

ITunes Not Responding and iPod notUpdating

Everytime I connect my Ipod to the usb, it shows up on itunes and as a drive. But when usually the ipod should be updating, it brings up a window saying itunes isn't responding,giving me options to send the error report or not, and then no matter which i choose, itunes closes and ipod does not update. Even if I reopen itunes, the difficulty happens again.Please help. I have updated my ipod with the latest updater and reinstalled iTunes.
THANKS

This is most likely a software conflict (or series of them) in windows.
First, make sure you have Service Pack 4. Second, make sure you are using the USB ports on the back of your machine, as often any ports on the front are low-powered and can cause interface problems. Third, make sure your iPod is NOT connected when you boot up your machine. Fourth, make sure the username you are working under on your computer has the necessary permissions to run programs, download, install updates, restore, etc.
Then make sure that all of your hardware drivers are up to date; USB, sound card and firewall drivers are probably most important here. Also, make sure you have uninstalled any older versions of iTunes that may still be on your system, in your registry. You will also probably want to clean up any background programs that might be conflicting, such as AVG or other anti-virus/spyware monitoring programs. Step by step instructions for all this: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93976
Also, check both of these out
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42963
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302856
You may also want to try a disk defragmenter, disc scan (accessed Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> system tools), virus and spyware scan.

Possible Solution to Frozen iPod, iTunes not responding and sad folder

There may be hope for frozen iPods, unresponsive iTunes and sad folders. This solution is totally anecdotal at this point as it only has worked on my iPod. However, try it you got nothing to lose. Our iPods broken right? It's a $300 paper weight right?
History
My iPod 4G 20GB started skipping songs then rebooted and gave me the sad folder. I reset and everything went downhill from there. I would:
- not be recognized in My Computer
-when I did get a drive on My Computer it would lock up My Computer
-reboot and either give me sad folder or Menu with no songs
-refuse to be updated
-be seen in Device Manager as ipod both with Firewire and USB connections
I read through the many threads here and tried all Apple's Solutions to no avail. I even called and they told me, very nicely and free of charge, that I would have to send it in and because the repair price was such to "look at the new models to see which one I wold like". I was totally bummed. I went and bought an new Nano 4GB (with warranty this time) swearing I would never buy another with a HDD again until they became more reliable. I even tried the smack it to get the disk head unstuck method. I figure my iPod was a paper weight at this point so what the ****.(Oddly this method works rather well with all sorts of broken electronics)
Solution
Then I cam across this special Diganostics Mode that you can get to by resetting and then while the Apple is showing pressing the Select and backwards keys simultaneously. It bring up and weird Diagnostic utility witha a abunch of tests. Here is what I did
- I tried the 5in1 test and got and error on Firewire.
- I did the HDD R/W and surprisingly it passed.
- I went on to the HDD scan. This supposedly tkaes acouple of minute so I waited. I think 4-5 dots appeared then nothing. The iPod started to get hot. THe disk was spinning away. After a while the battery got very low. THis test chews up the battery. So I escaped out by resetting and went to connect it to a power source.
My USB was dangling out of my computer and I was too lazy to get the Firewire AC adapter thing going so I connected expecting the whole lockup thing with iTunes. Surprise. IT was recognized immediately and has been working like a champ. So go figure.
iPod 4G 20GB Windows XP
Details on Diag mode can be found at http://www.methodshop.com/mp3/ipodsupport/diagnosticmode/index.shtml
hp a330n Windows XP

My ipod only gets the sad logo and whenever I try to start it up I can hear the hard drive trying to start and then failing and it does so like 3 or 4 times. After I read your post I wanted to try that diagnostic thing but I can't get it into that mode. How long should I have to hold select and back? After I reset the ipod, it goes to the sad face, the hard drive seems to fail a few times and then the screen goes blank and stays like that for as long as I hold those buttons. I'm so sick and tired of dealing with a broken ipod but I really want to get this thing working again so I can never buy another Apple product again. Thanks.

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Try to go therough this article and see if any of those steps help you
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4123
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