Computer won't read iPod, reset/restore does not work

My 20GB iPod is having the problem where when you turn it on it displays the file folder and exclamation point and someone I know from school told me it's a corrupt file and I need to clean off my iPod and put all my songs back on to correct it.
No form of the reset does anything and neither does anything from Apple's troubleshooting pages thus far.
When the iPod is not plugged in, it randomly switches between a blank screen, the apple, and the folder/exclamation point.
When the iPod is plugged in, it randomly switches between a blank screen, the apple, the folder/exclamation point, and the do not disconnect screen.
It doesn't matter what buttons you push, it simply does one of the two things above.
All forms of resetting I've read from the troubleshooting pages have not allowed my computer to read my iPod as far as I can see.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Okay. I have successfully restored and updated my iPod click wheel to 3.1.
However, when I begin to upload songs, the iPod freezes. The first time it was from an automatic update at about 270/400, and the second time was from a manual update at about 6/375.
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