Can you restore an iPod using Disk Utility?

I put a new hard drive in my 1st gen iPod.
It still shows up in iTunes and music can be transferred over, but when disconnected the iPod shows a folder and exclamation mark so I can't navigate to / listen to any music.
As it's first gen ipod I can't get it to restore or update via iTunes - no options show up to restore or update the software.
Is there any other way I can restore or update the iPod - via disk utility or some other means?
I do have a back up of all the original files that were on the iPod hard drive before I swapped it over.

Hi - thanks, but unless I'm reading the article wrong that won't work for me because you need to use iTunes to restore the iPod and I can't do this - as it's a 1st gen iPod it will only sync with an old version of iTunes and the 'update' and 'restore' tabs don't appear.
So, I'm looking for a way to restore the iPod without having to use iTunes.

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tried it, no luck
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