Upgrade Failed now old version won't recognize IPOD

So the upgrade to 7 failed, I really wish I hadn't done it. Everything was fine before. I got a message that "Service couldn't be stopped. Please make sure you have access." So I cancelled the installation. I-tunes will still open, and my library is there (as long as I do this while the IPOD is not connected to my computer.) When I connect the IPOD, I-tunes freezed, and I can hear the IPOD sort of "turning over" or "clicking". I left it that way for like an hour last night, and I came back to a message that says the IPOD needs updating. I clicked ok to update and a new screen popped up that gave the option of update or restore but neither of those buttons worked. Just nothing happened when I clicked "update".
Any ideas what's going on here or how I can fix?
I still have songs ON my ipod and in my library, there is just no communication between the two!
Thanks!

Nope, I checked that one, and terminal services were aleady set at manual. Here's what I actually did: I ran the chkdsk utility, nothing wrong there; then deleted all the old ipod updater files; then finally itunes recognized the ipod and told me it was corrupted and needed to be resorted. So I bit the bullet (fingers crossed) and restored the iPod. The restore did what it should've and wiped out my music on my iPod. Then iTunes updated the iPod, and I left the whole thing going last night while the songs were in the process of downloading to the iPod. This morning everything looked great, all the playlists were in the menu under my iPod, so I ejected happily thinking everything was back to normal.
BUT THEN, when I got into my car to go to work, I clicked on a playlist which in iTunes contains many, many songs, but on my iPod now only showed one song. So then I went to artists, and only the artists whose names begin with A are on there. Any ideas? I can't imagine it's an issue with not being connected long enough, I mean it was left alone for about 10 hours!
Any help would be appreciated.
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    Thanks
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    Hello, thanks for the reply. The summary.txt file contains the following...
    Overall summary:
      Final result:                  Passed
      Exit code (Decimal):           0
      Start time:                    2015-01-13 21:53:26
      End time:                      2015-01-13 21:53:32
      Requested action:              RunDiscovery
    Machine Properties:
      Machine name:                  MIRABEL
      Machine processor count:       8
      OS version:                    Windows 7
      OS service pack:               Service Pack 1
      OS region:                     United States
      OS language:                   English (United States)
      OS architecture:               x64
      Process architecture:          64 Bit
      OS clustered:                  No
    Product features discovered:
      Product              Instance             Instance ID                    Feature                
                     Language             Edition              Version         Clustered  Configured
      SQL Server 2008      SQLEXPRESS           MSSQL10.SQLEXPRESS             Database Engine Services                 1033      
              Express Edition      10.3.5520.0     No         Yes       
      SQL Server 2008      SQLEXPRESS           MSSQL10.SQLEXPRESS             SQL Server Replication                   1033      
              Express Edition      10.3.5520.0     No         Yes       
      SQL Server 2014      MSSQLSERVER          MSSQL12.MSSQLSERVER            Database Engine Services                 1033      
              Standard Edition     12.0.2000.8     No         Yes       
      SQL Server 2014      MSSQLSERVER          MSSQL12.MSSQLSERVER            Full-Text and Semantic Extractions for Search 1033                
    Standard Edition     12.0.2000.8     No         Yes       
      SQL Server 2014                                                          Management Tools - Basic  
                  1033                 Standard Edition     12.0.2000.8     No         Yes       
      SQL Server 2014                                                          Management Tools - Complete  
               1033                 Standard Edition     12.0.2000.8     No         Yes       
      SQL Server 2014                                                          Client Tools Connectivity  
                 1033                 Standard Edition     12.0.2000.8     No         Yes       
      SQL Server 2014                                                          Client Tools Backwards Compatibility
        1033                 Standard Edition     12.0.2000.8     No         Yes       
      SQL Server 2014                                                          Integration Services    
                    1033                 Standard Edition     12.0.2000.8     No         Yes       
      SQL Server 2014                                                          LocalDB        
                             1033                 Express Edition      12.0.2000.8     No         Yes    
    Package properties:
      Description:                   Microsoft SQL Server 2014 
      ProductName:                   SQL Server 2014
      Type:                          RTM
      Version:                       12
      SPLevel:                       0
      Installation location:         K:\x64\setup\
      Installation edition:          
    User Input Settings:
      ACTION:                        RunDiscovery
      CONFIGURATIONFILE:             
      ENU:                           true
      HELP:                          false
      IACCEPTSQLSERVERLICENSETERMS:  false
      INDICATEPROGRESS:              false
      QUIET:                         false
      QUIETSIMPLE:                   false
      UIMODE:                        Normal
      X86:                           false
      Configuration file:            C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\120\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20150113_215326\ConfigurationFile.ini
    Rules with failures:
    Global rules:
    There are no scenario-specific rules.
    Rules report file:               The rule result report file is not available.
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