IPod 4G transferring, freezing, skipping problems

I have an 4G 30 gig iPod. A few weeks ago when I was transferring files from a computer that was not mine onto my iPod, it froze and I had to disconnect it without ejecting it, and all my songs and data were erased. This was shortly after updating to iTunes 7, but I don't know if that had anything to do with it.)
Afterwards when I got home I tried to put my songs back onto my iPod but everytime it would transfer a few songs (sometimes 20, sometimes 50) but it would freeze up and the only way I could get anything to unfreeze would be to unplug the iPod without ejecting it again. I've restored my iPod and updated it several times, but to no avail - it seems to be working fine for a few minutes, then it freezes while transferring the songs over.
The few songs I managed to transfer onto my iPod are also glitchy when I listen to them. Sometimes they will play fine, sometimes not at all. When they do play, at the beginning/end of the songs it will suddenly play a split-second of an entirely different song, then resume playing the song it was playing.
I really do not know what to do. I've tried using the Disk Utility to restore and erase, etc as well, but I really don't know what more to do. Please help.
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There isn't any need to buy a new iPod (hopefully). It sounds like the head in your hard drive is simply disaligned, causing the click.
You stand a good chance of it working again.
What you want to do is follow the advice in
Mitch's Guide to Sad Face/Folder Icon

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