iTunes Freezes when ipod is connected

I had the same problem. All I wanted to do was re-sync my iPod with iTunes. I synced my iPod a few days earlier and it was working normally moments before I connected it to my PC. My PC (windows 10) was in sleep mode and I did not have iTunes opened when I connected. My iPod froze and I could not even power it down. When I restarted iTunes as suggested, iTunes froze and would freeze each time I restarted. I attempted a few of the suggestions here, but my iPod would not respond when connected to my old PC. Since the iPod was frozen, I could not power it off, could not reformat on another computer, or do anything else, I gave up and disconnected the iPod from the PC. I wanted the battery to drain and I could try again the next day. The next morning, the iPod was off, I touched it and it started up normally. I powered up my PC, opened iTunes, crossed my fingers and connected the iPod. My iPod synced normally and I didn't get the "corrupted iPod" message or anything. What the heck? I don't understand but I'm going with it. And in the future, I will not connect my iPod to my PC when the PC is in sleep mode.

This ^^ is where I am now. Have uninstalled/reinstalled numerous times. I have to shut the entire PC down to disconnect my iPod Classic as 'eject media' no longer works, this also usually means just holding the power button as it's stuck on the 'shutting down' screen for ages or use task manager to try and shut iTunes down altogether but iPod stays connected unless I shut down the PC. When I connect my iPod, sometimes I get a 'scan and fix' warning but that also rarely works now. I'm trying to transfer tracks from the library to the iPod, I'm 6 or 7 tracks into the transfer and then the whole thing just freezes.

I swear, as I'm typing this, it's just started working! Either it feels threatened or my patience just doesn't go far enough - but it shouldn't take minutes, right? I'm kinda hoping it's just my cable that's a bit iffy, as my iPod works fine otherwise. The other night I forgot I'd switched 'shuffle' off and it played audiobooks to me all night with barely any dent in the battery life so I really don't think it's near the end of its life. I'm on Windows PC and the machine is just over 5 years old. Maybe I just have to sit and do something else whilst the transfer goes on in the background (defeating the 'shut all other windows down' theory) rather than watching it as we all know that always slows things down!!

Edit: and now it's all frozen again. If I go into task manager, I get 'iTunes is not responding' and I'm also getting a message telling me one of the tracks I'm trying to copy to my iPod has an issue but it was already in the library and already on the iPod (before being removed so I could update the particular collection of songs I'm trying to do).

You're unlikely to get a reply from someone whose only post on these forums was made nearly six years ago.

See Corrupt iPod Classic. What are your HDD stats?

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