SOS my ipod has gone useless

Hi, I have an 80gb Ipod classic and recently it started pausing and skipping songs randomly, i took it to the only Istore available in Peru and they said that since it was out of warranty (by 26 days!) they couldn't touch it but that I should try repairing it. So I downloaded the latest itunes and repaired the ipod and now it cannot sync with my library, it starts copying the songs and about halfway through it freezes and delivers an error message and when i eject the ipod its empty. sometimes itunes even gives me a message that it cannot read the ipod and that i should restore it again. I've done that several times and still no result!!
Help me please... I love my ipod... =(
Fran

lost/stolen
No app is required.
- If you previously turned on FIndMyiPod on the iPod in Settings>iCloud and wifi is on and connected go to iCloud: Find My iPhone, sign in and go to FIndMyiPhone. If the iPod has been restored it will never show up.
iCloud: Find My iPhone
- You can also wipe/erase the iPod and have the iPod play a sound via iCloud.
and go to FIndMyiPhone. If the iPod has been restored it will never show up.
iCloud: Find My iPhone
- You can also wipe/erase the iPod and have the iPod play a sound via iCloud.
- If not shown, then you will have to use the old fashioned way, like if you lost a wallet or purse.
- Change the passwords for all accounts used on the iPod and report to police and the school
- There is no way to prevent someone from restoring the iPod (it erases it) using it unless you had iOS 7 on the device. With iOS 7, one has to enter the Apple ID and password to restore the device.
- Apple will do nothing without a court order
Reporting a lost or stolen Apple product
- iOS: How to find the serial number, IMEI, MEID, CDN, and ICCID number

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- If you previously turned on FIndMyiPod on the iPod in Settings>iCloud and wifi is on and connected go to iCloud: Find My iPhone, sign in and go to FIndMyiPhone. If the iPod has been restored it will never show up.
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- You can also wipe/erase the iPod and have the iPod play a sound via iCloud.
and go to FIndMyiPhone. If the iPod has been restored it will never show up.
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- You can also wipe/erase the iPod and have the iPod play a sound via iCloud.
- If not shown, then you will have to use the old fashioned way, like if you lost a wallet or purse.
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No app is required.
- If you previously turned on FIndMyiPod on the iPod in Settings>iCloud and wifi is on and connected go to iCloud: Find My iPhone, sign in and go to FIndMyiPhone. If the iPod has been restored it will never show up.
iCloud: Find My iPhone
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and go to FIndMyiPhone. If the iPod has been restored it will never show up.
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- Change the passwords for all accounts used on the iPod and report to police and the school
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Download QTMLClient.dll & iTunesMobileDevice.dll for RecBoot
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