Another folder icon problem! :(

sorry about the repetitiveness of the subject but i have actually looked everywhere i could for an answer to my problem and, guess what, no luck!
obviously its to do with that darn folder with the ! in it...it started a couple of weeks ago when i was jus listening to my ipod (as you do!) and it started skipping songs. suddenly once every 3 seconds it would skip to the next song without playing anything. so i done that reset thing to stop it and when i turned it back on that folder thingy appeared and turned itself off. i went onto the designated address and restored it etc and it worked fine, after i had to put all my songs on it again!
then about a week later it did the exact same thing but now when i go to restore it the computer wont recognise it and when it does it slows the computer right down. one time i could restore it but it said "firmware error, unable to restore" or summut like that.
im really missing my tunes and want my ipod back to how it was! any help on the subject about what to do would be of great help
PS im on an Ipod 20gb photo if thats any difference. and dont point me in the directin of "the 3 r's" i already tried that lol!
thanks again!!

Yes. but it won't work.
It is as if this icon is invisible and non-existent for the computer. It is inactive, because the cursor won't "see" it, the clicks won't "see" it. It is the ghost (as I name it) of the dragging. The dragging was complete, but the icon is left behind, only as an inactive image. For all other purposes it is invisible and inactive. It is just stuck on my screen.

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