Finally able to reset ipod, now I can't get it to work with itunes

I would appreciate any assistance, as I am growing very frustrated.
Friday night I was conducting a routine manual sync of my ipod. Everything was routine until I hit the disconnect button in itunes. My ipod disappeared from itunes device section, but "do not disconnect" stayed on the ipod's screen. I have had this problem before, and fixed it by resetting the ipod, so I tried that. The ipod would not reboot- I could hear noises as if the hard drive was spinning up, then the drive would stop. Then it would spin up again...etc. It did this over and over again, never even getting as far as the apple logo. I was able to put it into diagnostic mode but wasn't able to figure out anything helpful. Later that evening, I tried again to get the ipod to reset, and this time it got as far as the logo and stayed there.
I plugged the ipod into an outlet and let it charge overnight, and discovered that the next morning it had evidently reset to factory settings- all my content was gone, and the ipod asked me to select my language on startup, but it was again booting normally. However, when I hooked it back up to my computer via usb cable, I had problems again. Windows asked if I wanted to reformat the drive and I said no. Itunes refused to recognize that I had plugged the ipod in, even though windows clearly had and the ipod had the "do not disconnect" symbol up. I tried resetting the ipod and the computer. This time, itunes recognized that I had connected the ipod and asked if I wanted to reformat it. I said yes but itunes quickly froze and would not allow me to close it or end the process via task manager. I had to reboot to get itunes working again.
This is the situation I'm in now. Windows clearly recognizes the ipod- it shows as working in device manager and windows always asks if it should reformat when I plug it in (I tried saying yes once, but that didn't do anything). When I tried to select the ipod in windows explorer, explorer froze. When I open itunes after the ipod has been plugged in, or plug the ipod in while itunes is running, itunes refuses to recognize the ipod and freezes completely; task manager cannot end the process and the only way to restart itunes is by rebooting the computer. Trying to disconnect the ipod via windows' 'safely removal hardware' utility causes the utility to freeze and does not affect the ipod. The only way to get the ipod to stop displaying "do not disconnect" is to reset it, which again causes the ipod to (slowly) reboot and ask me to select a language.
I have tried reinstalling itunes. (It's 9.0.3 now.) I've tried switching usb cables. I've tried switching usb ports. I have tried to put the ipod in diagnostic mode, and I've tried putting it in disk mode- I'm not able to do either. I've been through all the relevant apple support pages I could find and I'm still unable to even diagnose exactly what the problem is, much less how to fix it. It seems more likely than not that the problem is the ipod itself rather than itunes, given my problems Friday night, but I have no way of knowing for sure.
The ipod is a 5g, 30gb, that I purchased new in December of 2006. I am running itunes 9.0.3 on windows vista home premium. Let me know if more details of my hardware/software are needed.
Thanks,
Lindsay

You're not alone. I am having similar problems with my Ipod 5th gen 30gb.
When I connect it to my laptop (Vista - basic) it is not recognised by itunes. Itunes simply locks up.
So far I have tried the following to no avail:
Checked my pc's device manager - it recognises the device and says it is functioning properly.
Checked the drivers to make sure they are upt to date.
Uninstalled & reinstalled a previous version of itunes (as it worked fine before the latest release).
Reinstalled the latest itunes.
Reset the ipod.
Put the ipod into disk mode and reconnected to itunes.
Have tried to use the windows tool to scan and fix any bad sectors but it fails to complete a scan without locking that up as well.
Placed into disk mode when fully charged and then allowed the battery to drain completely. Then reconnected ipod (in disk mode)and it still is not recognised and locks up itunes.
At this point I dont really want to part with another $300 odd dollars for a new one.

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