Cannot get rid of folder icon no matter what i've tried

One day i got the folder exclamation mark icon and came online and looked at all the fixes for it. The problem is even though my computer shows the drive, i can't open it. Itunes doesn't show the ipod.
When i select the drive in my computer it tells me that i need to format the drive. When i try to do that,it says that the hard drive capacity is 82.6 gig and won't let me format. I cannot restore the ipod using the updater either. I can go into disc mode but that doesn't help. i've tried everything i could find is there any hope of getting it to work again.

Luffy,
Sadly, it sounds like you need a new hard drive. Did you by anychance drop the iPod? Same thing happened to me after I dropped the unit onto pavement.

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