Long Time Sync - iTunes

I have a iPod Classic 160GB (1st Gen), with 117GB of 25000 songs and 21 Clips.
To manage the statistic information, Play Count ..... , I use the as defined in iTunes to sync (Manually manage the Music and Videos is disable).
My library is in a external Ethernet Hard Disk, to access the disk via Finder or also FTP i have no problems of speed, also to play songs from the iTunes through the Hard Disk no problems.
but to sync the iPod with iTunes ... it is minimum 12 hours ... it just *****
the itunes Liberary.XML has 48Mb, should not be a problem to read and write such small file.
Does anybody have similar problem?
Any clue what to do to improve the performance?
Thankx

20 Mar 07
Thank you for replying
I keep Norton Utilities running constantly.
Usually, the only applications I see running in the dock are the Widget application and the Finder (and Itunes, of course).
This morning, it must have taken 20 minutes from when Itunes told me the Sync was completed. I acutally turned off Itunes and shut down my computer. I restarted the computer and re-synced the ipod on itunes.
I don't have 20 minutes to waste!
Did I answer your question adequately?
Regards,
Craig H. Henden

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