Crazy, unfixable error... The dreaded icon of death.

Alright, so I'm listenin' to my iPod yesterday, and everything's goin' all jolly as I'm doin' a little jig in my chair to Low Rider.
Then, out of no where, the music stops playing.
Curiousity consuming me, I switch my attention to my iPod, and attempt to switch around to another song - which it does, but only after a minute or two of complete and utter lag. However, even though it selects the new song, the music never plays.
Then it came:
That blasted explanation point next to the folder icon.
Figuring that it was just a slight error, I reset my iPod, my slight concerns slowing growing into much larger ones. Upon the reset, the Apple icon continues to load... UNTIL
That same icon: the folder icon of death. Then it shuts off a few seconds later and resets itself, only to continue the cycle a couple times before shutting off. This nasty cycle has continued through an over-night recharge, not even allowing my computer to recognize its existence for more than a few seconds, before it just restarts and fades off.
This, of course, presents a problem, especially when you must format the bloody thing, but are incapable of doing so when everytime you load the latest updater it reads "Plug in an iPod to update it" when it's already plugged in. For a brief moment, it will detect the iPod, but then it'll pop up with the dreaded folder icon of death, and the updater will alert "Can't mount iPod."
Does anybody have any idea as to what's goin' on? I can't figure this thing out for the life of me, and I would really prefer not to send it in to be fixed.
With Love,
WayTooAwesome <3<br>
Windows XP Pro

Go and find a Mac computer, as you need it to format your iPod which previously formatted with a PC. Plug it with a Mac and it will get mount and allow you to do a Restore there, once it has ebing completed, replug with your PC (it will be mounted this time) and do a Restore back to PC version. If you can't find a Mac, go to the nearest Apple Shop and asking a favour to do it for you.

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