My 160 g ipod classic wont synk past 4 gigs and when it gets to 4 gigs it erasis all the content a message unknown error occurd (13011)

my 160 g ipod classic will not sync past 4 gigs and when it gets to 4 gigs it erasis all the content a message unknown error occurd (13011) i have formated it with windows and restored it several times nothing works should i toss it and buy a new one or is it me doing somthing wrong

Thanks everyone, lots of good suggestions here.
I did briefly consider trying the idea of grouping smaller loads of playlists to upload, but I also noticed that each time I ejected then re-synched the iPod a few more gigs of music would upload.
So I just kept at it until most (nearly all) of my music made it onto the thing.
This seems like a really rudimentary thing for Apple to fix - but more fundamentally, this shouldn't happen at ALL. When they market a new product, having such a basic issue plague it seems very Microsoft-like.
Up to this point I've never been disappointed with anything Apple has ever done.
This issue is purely and simply bad design and slipshod programming. I hope they fix it in the extremely near future.
Thanks again for all your help and suggestions guys!
Cheers
Dex

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