Challenger for a serious troubleshooter - shuffles thru songs...

For some reason the Ipod will play thru an album or shuffle song lists but will not acutally play songs. All of the song info comes up on the screen but it just changes to the next song without playing. I also cannot get the ipod to reset. When plugged in to usb(pc), permanent "do not disconnect comes up". ipod is also not identified on itunes. Ipod is identified as a computer drive though. Drive contains folders called :notes, contacts, calender and a notepad file called bootex. no other files. If you try to open file you ge error message foldername is not accessible. The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable. Bootex file reads:
Checking file system on M:
The type of the file system is FAT32.
One of your disks needs to be checked for consistency. You
may cancel the disk check, but it is strongly recommended
that you continue.
Windows will now check the disk.
Volume Serial Number is 7681-CEFE
The specified disk appears to be a non-Windows XP disk.
Do you want to continue? (Y/N) No
Checking file system on M:
The type of the file system is FAT32.
One of your disks needs to be checked for consistency. You
may cancel the disk check, but it is strongly recommended
that you continue.
Windows will now check the disk.
Volume Serial Number is 7681-CEFE
The specified disk appears to be a non-Windows XP disk.
Do you want to continue? (Y/N) No
(I just discovered this message and will run scandisk. Message came up when rebooting system after downloading ipod updater-thought it was referring to hard drive)
There is music on this ipod but no other stuff. Unit is 5 months old with little use. Not dropped. Was working fine, ear plug was pulled out while playing (on purpose)and plugged back in while playing. I may have turned it off then back on and hit shuffle then noticed it wasn't working properly. Have not tried to restore to original settings but that will but next on the list.
Has anyone ever experienced this?
Thanks
Bart

Here's what I suggest:
1) Copy the (hidden) Music directories over to your PC (assumes you can mount as a USB drive)
2) Restore/reformat your Mini via the "standalone" iPod updater (don't do it via iTunes)
3) Recover as many of the mp3's as possible (some will have unrecognizable names) and reload them into iTunes
4) Properly update you iPod
You may not be able to reload ALL of your music (depending on how much was "bought" and how much you "ripped"), but it will get you going again. I buy very little off of iTunes (most I make myself from CD's), so I actually used some of my backup recently when I upgraded my Mini.

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