WD passport "cannot read or write to disk"

I'm having difficulties adding and removing files from my 160 gb WD passport external hard drive. it has just recently began to act up on me. i use it primarily for my itunes library. however, recently when i try to import music music into my itunes, it won't all write to my external. and now none of it seems to write. i can not add the files manually to the hard drive either. i've been able to remove most of the files on the hard drive but some of the music and movies will not come off. i've run the disk repair on the hard drive but it says that there is nothing wrong with it. i've tried using disk warrior but it won't work on this external because it is formatted FAT32 apparently. i'm not sure what to do now. i know i probably need a new external. but how do i go about moving my itunes library from the broken one to the new one? it still mounts and it still shows that the files are there. i just can't write to the disk and some of the files can not be read. i'm hoping to figure this out before it possibly dies completely. thank you.

I did the 5 R's last night, and now my iPod won't update any songs. The iPod is showing up in iTunes, but the "Update iPod" option is grayed out. Also, before when I had installed my iPod, it appeared in iTunes with my name...now it just says IPOD. I assume that's because it's back to the factory settings, but thought it was odd. (Yes, I know how to rename it.)
Actually, after I ran the iPod updater to completely restore my iPod, it sat there frozen for hours with "Do Not Disconnect" on the screen, NOT flashing. Even after I disconnected the iPod (I had to turn off the computer completely to do this; otherwise, the USB port refused to stop running), the message just sat there. I had to reset it to get it to the point where I could select my language.
Any suggestions? I'm considering just wiping out everything (backing up my files, natch) and starting over with the CD that came with the iPod in the first place.
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