30 GB Video Ipod, having a problem

Hello there,
My video iPod has been giving me a few problems. One day it tells me to connect to computer to restore it, okay I do that (connect not restore), then when the iPod loads in iTunes it says 'itunes has detected an ipod that appears to be corrupted', then the picture that shows up is an iPod click wheel! So I'm kind of scared to restore it and have iTunes thinking that my Video iPod is an iPod Clickwheel. Has anyone ever had this problem? Or any idea why this happened?

I'm going to assume you use a Windows PC (as you've left us to guess!!)
If your iPod is recognized in "my computer", changing the drive letter can sometimes resolve this issue.
Click on control panel/admin tools/computer management/disk management/right click on the iPod to re-assign the drive letter.
Choose something lower down the alphabet, say 'M' or something similar.
The iPod can be confused by any other storage devices assigned a similar drive letter even though they may not connected at the same time.
Incidentally, your iPod video has a click wheel!

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