"Ipod Cannot be Synced" -Please Help!!!

I must have spend hours reading forums and discussion boards trying to fix this.. No matter what I do to my Ipod or computer I get a "(My) Ipod could not be synced. Required disk could not be found." Please help me out!!

Sorry, I see your on a Windows machine. You would need to go to an Apple Store and plug it into a Mac. Then open the Disk Utility in the Utilities folder, select your iPod and click on Repair Disk.
Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility
I take it you tried resetting and/or restoring your iPod?
-Bmer
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