AHHH! major problems. Please help. (iPod wont restore)

Having tried every FAQ recommendations i could find, nothing is working. I have a 4th gen 20GB click wheel, no color, and when i plug in the USB it does one of several things, 1. the ipod freezes and seems to be stuck in the loading mode. 2. is not recognized by windows, 3. an autoplay loading thing pops up, (note that the du-DU noise is made when i plug it in, if this happens), and 4. if im really lucky, i mean its only happened about 2/60 times, it will be recognized and appear in itunes, asking me to restore it do to corruption, and then i get an error message about a file not being downloadable or something, ive done everything the FAQ asks including reinstalling it multiple times, deleting all old versions, everything, but it wont recognize the iPod. I used to have problems with it being corrupt but it would just restore like normal and would work everytime i plugged it in. Also, sometimes i try using both the 1337 Firewire and USB 2.0 because i have the double cable. Nothing seems to work, but I desperatly need my iPod. Music is pretty much my life.

Ok, now i tried http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304309 but its not doing me any good either, when i got to the iTunes folder (i had "Show hidden files" on) it only showed me two things, 1. a folder titled SC Info containing 2 files, SC Info.sidb and SC Info.sidd. 2. a file "iPodDevices" and XML file that opens up a page with this on it...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE plist (View Source for full doctype...)>
- <plist version="1.0">
- <dict>
<key>Devices</key>
- <dict>
<key>000A27000286C174</key>
- <dict>
<key>Connected</key>
<date>2006-09-01T02:57:55Z</date>
<key>Family ID</key>
<integer>4</integer>
<key>Firmware Version</key>
<integer>318</integer>
<key>ID</key>
<string>000A27000286C174</string>
<key>Serial Number</key>
<string>2CD4340CL0</string>
<key>Software Version</key>
<integer>51478528</integer>
<key>Updater Family ID</key>
<integer>4</integer>
<key>Use Count</key>
<integer>1</integer>
</dict>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>
Any ideas? I DID have the problem suggested in the article, that was the error message i've been recieving...

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