Anyone here good with iPods?

After syncing my iPod last night, it would not let me eject. When I manually ejected, all of my music had been erased.

Now when I plug it into iTunes, it freezes iTunes and will not let me eject it from my PC. I've tried a hard reset, putting it into disk mode (to try and restore factory settings) and reinstalling iTunes. So far nothing has worked. Figured I'd take a shot with you guys before I go out and buy a new one.

Any ideas?

Many thanks.

That's the next step for me anyway. Gonna take it to a buddy's house tomorrow. I thought maybe it was my computer so I plugged in a different iPod and it worked just fine. I'm hoping I can get it to work on another computer so I can restore it. But in the event that I can't, does anyone know of any way to restore factory settings without being plugged into a PC?SantaTerb

Have you tried holding down the power and menu button for 15 seconds then letting go of the power button and hold the menu button for 15 more seconds? I believe that wipes out your ipod. Not sure, worth trying tho

[QUOTE="SantaTerb"]That's the next step for me anyway. Gonna take it to a buddy's house tomorrow. I thought maybe it was my computer so I plugged in a different iPod and it worked just fine. I'm hoping I can get it to work on another computer so I can restore it. But in the event that I can't, does anyone know of any way to restore factory settings without being plugged into a PC?MarineXXII

Have you tried holding down the power and menu button for 15 seconds then letting go of the power button and hold the menu button for 15 more seconds? I believe that wipes out your ipod. Not sure, worth trying tho

Is it the iPod classic? This happens about every year or so with mine and I have to take it to the Apple store for them to give me a new one. I guess because it is the only iPod with an actual hard-drive (moving parts), it screws up eventually. Saruman1719

[QUOTE="Saruman1719"]Is it the iPod classic? This happens about every year or so with mine and I have to take it to the Apple store for them to give me a new one. I guess because it is the only iPod with an actual hard-drive (moving parts), it screws up eventually. Nibroc420