I'm in NEPAL and my ipod has a sad face

Hi all,
I won't be at my own pc for months because I'm traveling. so far, my ipod has crashed and burned 3 times only to leave me with a sad ipod icon and no music. I let it rest for a bit and it arises from the dead. Sometimes I can feel the disk spinning as I try and reset it. does this have to be a hardware issue? if not, can I fix a software issue at some random internet cafe pc with no itunes? will I lose all my music if I try and update the ipod? If that happend I'd break down and cry. seriously.
IS there anything that can be done to save my ipod or is this the start of a slow death. thanks so much. Robert
oh. I think i can get in disk mode.

Here's a link to a post about the sad iPod icon, although I don't know how much of it will be of use to you.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=2369954#2369954
This icon is usually indicative of a hard drive issue.

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