Firmware update Failure Disk write error.( please help!)

When I go to restore my ipod nano this is thmessage that i get. Will some one please help me I have been trying to deal with this for about a week. I was trying to load some music onto the ipod out of itunes and all of the suddin my ipod went black and a folder with ! apperd with WWW.apple.com/support/ipod will some one please help me? thank you.

Thankyou so much i looked it up and found out it was something stupid on my part but thankyou for your help you have been named helper of the year

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    -- Disconnect the iPod
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  • Does anyone know how to solve: "Firmware update failure. Disk write error"?

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