Blue Screen with Text re IPOD size not being valid

Now everytime I reboot, I get a blue screen full of text about the IPOD size not being valid, and I have to hit the reset button to get out of the loop.
THEN, when I try to just wipe everything off the IPOD and start over/Restore, I get a message that says IPOD manager internal error.

With the internal memory error message stopping Update, I went online to see if I could manually download the latest update...or any update. Even a previous version.
But to do that I have to go back to Itunes 7...The only reason I don't like version 7 is that my Ipod contents disappear from the Itunes source window when the Ipod is not connected to the computer.
Anyone know of a more reliable mp3 player ?
Thanks for letting me ramble.
Chip

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