Windows 7 incompatibility with IPod Classic

My Computer runs Windows 7 Ultimate, SP1, but my IPod Classics, in checking compatibility, requires me to open Windows XP, SP2. After I changed the setting in I-Tunes re system to check on, now ITunes will not open. I purchased the IPod so I could unload my music files from my laptop to free disc space but the IPod no longer recognizes any of the music I converted to I-Tunes

Perfect, thank you.
That one's got a P55 chipset, and they've been cranky with iPod and iPhone connections on Windows 7 systems.
Are you up to date on your BIOS? (A number of folks with Gigabyte motherboards have been able to get past the P55 issues with BIOS updates.)
Alternatively, you could try the BIOS configuration change described in the following post. (Unfortunately, not all BIOSes are user-configurable in this way.)
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10641649&#10641649

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