40GB CLick Wheel iPod -- Won't Restore

My iPod (less than a year old) had been turning itself off, refusing to play songs, stopping in the middle of songs, not turning on, and randomly freezing. I tried resetting it. I updated all of the software for both iTunes and the iPod. After the problems did not stop, I restored the iPod. It seemed okay at first, and my music was loading onto it from iTunes. Then, my computer shut itself off and will no longer recognize the iPod. Although I know at least 1,000 songs had been reloaded when the computer shut off, only 8 are on the iPod now, and the problems I was experiencing in the very beginning are still happening (stopping in the middle of songs, refusing to play, etc). I tried restoring it again, and it won't even do that. Any suggestions??

Same problem here... I have had the 40gig ipod for a little over a year... one day the songs would only play half way through.. and would skip to random songs. I put the new updater on, wiped the ipod, got the new version of itunes... then when i tried to reload the songs I discovered that my 40gig ipod had been reduced to an 8gig. Everytime it gets to about 8 gigs... the ipod starts whirrring and itunes disconnects it... the ipod stays frozen for about 5 minutes then it starts flashing... the do not disconnect sign again. I have tried everything... letting it cool, loading songs an album at a time, reloading old updaters, old versions of itunes, restoring the ipod a dozen times... all with the same effect. Note, this ipod is stationary, is not traveled with is merely my entire 5000 song collection hooked into my stereo. I think the disc drive has gone bad... but apple says that "restore" would fix that...(I don't know how).

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