iPod classic crashing iTunes

I just wanted to get on here and say "THANK YOU!" for your post. I was at my wits end trying to get my ipod to sync. I didnt know what else to do, I did 4 of the 5 R's (reset, restart, reinstall and retry). I did not want to do a restore and was double checking all my options before I made that plunge. Then I came upon your post and you had the EXACT same problem I did and I took your advice and you were right. Patience is a virtue, and I am sad to say that I do not have it, lol. Once again, thank you so much for your post. I really appreciate it. Shana.

*Just be patient!*
I called Apple after my upgrade to 9.2 caused itunes to freeze up when connecting a ipod classic. Apple informed me to just wait! That after 10 minutes or so it would unfreeze and sync. So I did and then restored ipod classic and it worked. BS, but who am I to complain, my 25,000 songs where synced good to go. But APPLE FIX THIS PLEASE. Like everyone else is saying if you update software and then your ipod crashes and is not under warranty THATS BS. What would stop Apple from releasing software updates that crash old, outdated products forcing your hand to purchase a new one? And dont give me that stuff about Apple is the good guy! They had the F.B.I. raid that Gizmodo.com guys house.

Okay guys i have had the same problem for two days since updating to itunes 9.2.
I tried all the R,s but to no avail.
The solution is run itunes, let the ipod sync and crash and just wait!
After 10 mins the ipod will carry on syncing and will be fine.
Job Done!

Job done?

When iTunes finally decided to come back from Zombie land, it overwrote about 200 tracks on my iPod and of course lost track of the fact those had been played and when they had been. Stupid bugs....

I've been having the same problem with i tunes locking up about 50% of the time when I plug in my i pod classic. I tried waiting for 10 minutes or so, and eventually the i pod synced but i tunes still locks up and the task manager shows it as "not responding." Task manager will not close i tunes, instead I have to restart my computer and force i tunes to close.

Thank you all for this post, I have exactly the same problem: upgraded to iTunes 9.2 (61), plugged the iPod (150GB), "verifying" message, rainbows forever after.. I did ⌘ altesc, saw not responding after the iTunes application, forced the closure a couple of times and then I luckly came across this post BEFORE wasting time on anything else. I gave him about 10 minutes and iTunes was back to life, managed to complete the sync (a complete one, d'oh!) and everything was running fine, eventually.
Please Apple wake up and fix this thing!

Help!!!! My ipod crashed no music nothing!!! I did everything restarted computer, uninstalled/reinstalled itunes, reset ipod, got a new cable...My music is listed but ipod is not being recognized and then itunes freezes on me...I can't take it...