IPod became an unreadable disk

I've been facing a puzzling problem with my 15GB iPod recently. i'm using Mac OS 10.2.8
When i hook up the iPod to the firewire, i get this message: A disk attempting to mount as Unknown has failed verification or has failed to mount. Please use Disk Utility to check the disk and correct any error.
Then Im asked to click on either launch disk utility or ok.
I launch disk utility and theres no ipod icon.
I also get this message: You have inserted a disk containing no volumes that Mac OS X can read. To use the unreadable volumes, click Initialize. To continue with the disk inserted, click Ignore.
Then I have 3 choices to click on: Ignore, Initialize, Eject.
What should I do, so that my iPod can work with the mac again?
The iPod works well on its own. i can record voice memos and listen to music. But it just doesn't seem to work on my mac.
my iPod is a gift and i'm trying not to buy a new one.
Help please! Thanks so much.

here's just an update - i decided to restore my ipod to the factory settings. everything's back to normal, thank God.

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I am not sure that I can really add anything to to this.
Apple used the phrase "sync" when saying what Messages on the Mac would do in regards to showing iMessages that were going to iOS devices.
It took to OS X 10.8.2 and iOS 6 to get as close as we have right now.
At best it looks like "Sync" means "Display on all Devices" and not much more.
The Mac version implies it will do more as there is a setting to notify people by return that you have read the iMessage.
The iOS devices have a similar "Send Receipts" item in the settings.
However actually reading an iMessage on one device seems to bear very little resemblance to anything that happens or can be seen on another device.
It seems for most people reading an iMessage on one device shows nothing at all on another device (the presumption being it arrives all places at the same time)
Your post is the closest I have seen to someone suggesting that it can be different on different devices.
You also seem to be implying that there is almost a time difference it the time your iPhone gets the iMessage and the time the iPod touch gets it.
I have certainly seen the "silent arrival" of iMessages on both my iPhone (when my computer and Messages is On) and on the iPhone if the conversation started on the Mac.
The Mac end will show both "Sent" and Received sides as it "Syncs" the conversation and beeps the alert sound for the Received part and the iPhone will remain silent.
Even "talking it through" like this in this post I am not coming to any real conclusions about what to try.
I am not even sure what to suggest to test for things to look out for.
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When doing a search on the internet for this error message, i see a few other previous posts on forums.ilounge.com with others having this issue with Itunes, but all I can find is someone talking about deleting the Itunes preferences files on my computer, and I did that, but that didn't help. I was wondering if anyone had any bright ideas.
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- Reset the iPod, many times, the menu + play option
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I have ipod classic, My ipod is in the disk mode, can't get out of it, it says error 1439, i had tried too many times, with trying to reset the ipod or restore it, but failed, please help me in this what can i do.

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