Corrupt iPod freezes iTunes/computer so I can't restore it

I used the restore option a few months ago to get my iPod working again (normal, stuck-on-stupid issues) and it's been fine. Until yesterday - I was listening to some music and it suddenly started skipping through all the songs and then refused to play anything at all.
I plugged it into my computer and I got the whole ..."iPod is corrupted... you may need to restore..." message. When I tried to restore, it said resource could not be found.
SINCE THEN... my computer has stopped even recognizing the device. It freezes iTunes (and any other programs that may be running) every time I plug in my iPod.
I've spent all last evening and all day today trying the Apple support suggestions step-by-step - including uninstalling iTunes and reinstalling it & forcing the iPod into Disk Mode - and combing the discussion lists, but none of the suggestions I've found have helped b/c I can't actually get it connected to the computer without freezing everything up.
(I have run virus scans, tried different USB ports, etc. No change. I even have had to resort to unplugging the stupid thing by hand b/c it stopped responding to the safe disk eject utility...)
Found a website that suggests opening up the iPod and putting a shim inside to force the hard drive to "read"... but I'm afraid to kill it completely. Can't afford to buy a new one (or spend a lot getting it repaired either).
If anyone can help, I'd REALLY REALLY appreciate it...
Thanks!

First let me say I am NOT a pro but it sounds to me like your iPod's hard disk is ka-put. May I suggest next time you connect your ipod to your pc you let it sit like that for a while. I have found that if iTunes don't find what it expects to find it can spaz out for a while, so sometimes if you wait long enough (half an hour?) with it just sitting there you may get a more helpfull responce from iTunes. Also there is a key press combination on the iPod that will put your IPod into a diagnostic mode and offer a menu with a few options.
Sorry but I don't recall the keys and they differ from pod to pod.
Anyways good luck, I feel for ya...

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Count of reallocated sectors. When the hard drive finds a read/write/verification error, it marks this sector as "reallocated" and transfers data to a special reserved area (spare area). This process is also known as remapping, and "reallocated" sectors are called remaps. This is why, on modern hard disks, "bad blocks" cannot be found while testing the surface – all bad blocks are hidden in reallocated sectors. However, as the number of reallocated sectors increases, the read/write speed tends to decrease. The raw value normally represents a count of the number of bad sectors that have been found and remapped. Thus, the higher the attribute value, the more sectors the drive has had to reallocate.
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