My iPod Classic ( 160gb Dec 2009) is responding very slowly to tracking wheel movement and tracks are now being intermittently disrupted. Approx 70 GB capacity remains. Any ideas?

My iPod Classic (160Gb Dec2009) is responding very slowly to tracking wheel movement making it difficult to find items or adjust volume.Tracks are also now being intermittently interupted. Approx 70GB capacity remains. Does anybody have any idea what is happening here? Thank you in anticipation of your help.

Hello there DeanosDouble,
I highly recommend this iPod Classic troubleshooting Assistant. If the issue is to do with the softwre on the unit, then the steps outlined there will resolve it.
iPod classic Troubleshooting Assistant
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/classic/#
Regards,
Sterling

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Hi everybody,
I recently installed an x64 version of Windows 7 Ultimate. I have an Ipod Classic 160gb (late 2009), and i am trying to sync it to my itunes library. However, everytime i do so, it will copy across a few songs (a different number everytime, no more than 500 though) my Itunes freezes up (as well as the ipod). After a while, once it "comes back to life" i get either "Itunes cannot copy {Song Name} to {Ipod Name} Ipod. An unknown Error Occurred (-50)." or "Itunes cannot copy {Song Name} to {Ipod Name} Ipod. An unknown Error Occurred (-69)".
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Enable Disc Use - No Luck
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Kill APSDaemon.exe While synching - No Luck
KIll all other Apple Services + Processes - No Luck
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Use Sharepod - Success (although, i have 2940 folders, and sharepod will only allow me to transfer one folder at a time) - So, No Luck
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You seem to have tried everything, and you say it's syncing fine on your Dad's iMac, so I assume, you have also done a Disk Diagnostic from an earlier post by tt2 and conclude that your iPod Hardisk is good.
You don't have to use it as a heavy paperweight, the problem is only using your Windows 7 machine for syncing.
In your troubleshooting steps, did you try to use another High-Speed USB 2.0 port, USB controller resource are very scarce, so if you use other USB devices, while syncing your iPod, it may just freeze.
Windows have a bad reputation for device conflict, so better don't connect other USB devices, while syncing, better sync it while disconnected from Internet, stop antivirus just before you go to bed.
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Sossity wrote:
Ok, should I try the trialing X, for those persistent multi covers that do not respond to adjusting the track names as first suggested? I went to your tips page & saw the graphic for that. Is it ok to just leave the Xs in or must they be removed?
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I also looked at your image for handling multi discs, will this group multi discs together in cover flow?
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& when one is playing a multi disc set, will the ipod just go straight to the next disc (disc 2) in playback as though it were one single album?
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or will playback stop at the last track of disc 1 & then one would have to select disc 2 to play.
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Will the multi disc set still come up as 2 different discs to selct to play? I may not want to start with disc 1.
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tt2

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Apple has managed to keep this customer.

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I was trying to find something on that problem, but obviously all the problems with iPod and Vista are slightly different.
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