My Ipod classic freezes itunes and wont work anymore. help please

My ipod classic everythime I plugg it in freezes itunes and I dont even see it appear in the sidebar of itunes. The ipod still charges and has good battery. When it all started, it also erased all the songs off of the ipod so I ant even use it now. here are the stats
Retracts: 14
Reallocs: 64
Pending Sectors: 16
PowerOn Hours: 58
Start/Stops: 3634
Temp: Current 27c
Temp: Min 13c
Temp: Max 54c
I really want help! cheers!

I also had this problem last week. in the meantime, I have upgraded Itunes in Maverick. when i connected this am - it took about 15 minutes for the connected iPod to show in itunes with message " ITunes cannot read the information on this IPod" there was an "OK" button underneath the message. select OK. the iPod will show as empty onscreen and a prompt to reset to factory settings. I reset to factory settings - ejected iPod - restarted computer - connected iPod - ITunes then treated my iPod as "new" - for setup. now after sync - ALL IS FINE AGAIN...

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