ITunes will not Complete Loading 80GB IPod

Question

ITunes has 6619 items (music) IPod gets to 6617 items and seems to "cycle" at that point and not complete loading the other two items. Based on ITunes data these two missing items amount to 0MB; and, I cannot find what they are. Because the IPod does not "complete" the transfer of the music files, it does not go on to transfer the photos or contact files. While on ITunes, checking the progress (goes for hours "cycling") I get an error message "Windows No Disk", "exception processing message c00000b parameters 75b6bf9c 4 75b6bf9c 75b6bf9c". I do not know for sure what is generating this error message (it comes up while checking the status of the photo file synch). The proper location of the photo files has been accurately identified for synching
How do I synch the ITunes/IPod libraries completely
Or, how do I have the IPod ignore the "missing two files" so that it can go on to complete transfer of photos and contact files?
If I could sort the IPod music library by size (or some other criteria) I might be able to identify those two missing files in the ITunes music library; but I am unable to do any sorting in that regard while the IPod is connected to the computer (and it is not possible to sort that way from the IPod seperate from the computer). As it stands right now, the IPod will never complete synching procedure (even if I "tell" ITunes to ignore synching of photo and contact files)
Any help would be appreciated.
Sincerely Jim

Answer 1

*Check iPod hard-drive for errors*
Hold Menu+Select on the iPod for about 6 seconds until it resets, then hold Menu+Play as soon as the Apple logo appears, again for about 6 seconds to put the machine in disk mode. Open iTunes and in the Sync tab of the preferences menu check *Disable automatic syncing of all iPhones & iPods*. Now connect your iPod to the computer, wait until it connects, then close iTunes. Browse *My Computer* and right-click on the drive for the iPod, click Properties, then click Tools. Under Error-checking, click *Check Now*. Under Check disk options, select *Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors* (Optional - takes ages but a good idea if you've reason to suspect physical damage). Click Start. Mac users should run *Disk Utility / Repair Disk* for the equivalent process. This should find and correct any errors in the logical & physical structures of your iPod's hard drive. Once these have been fixed you can reset the iPod (hold Menu+Select ) and should stand a better chance of a successfully adding data. You should probably check the hard drive with the source data as well.
I'm not sure if the iPod transfers in alphabetical sequence or in order of entry into the library. If you sort the library in a number of ways, such as Date Added or Album by Artist and see if the items at either end have made it onto the iPod you might get a clue as to which items aren't being synced.
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