IPod classic broken?!?!?

ok i have recently bought a ipod classic, everything up until now has been working perfectly, i purchesed the game sonic on itune and loaded it on, everything went fine for 1 week. I went to go and play sonic yesterday and i got the screen
"This game cannot be launched, connect your ipod and reinstall the game"
I did exactly what it said and when back and tried, it didnt work, i thne went and tried the pre installed games and they didnt work either. After i had looked at the other games i connected my ipod to a computer and itunes gave be the message
"iTunes cannot read the contents of the ipod, go to the summary tab in ipod preferences and click restore to restore the ipod to factory settings"
So again i did what it said and nowit doesnt work, i can restore it but no music gets wided off and it still has the exact same settings as befor,I have tried to connect it with my laptop but i get the same message...
"iTunes cannot read the contents of the ipod, go to the summary tab in ipod preferences and click restore to restore the ipod to factory settings"
When i try to use it as a hard disk it doesnt work, it tells me this message...
"cannot delete word portable: cannot find the specified file, Make sure to specify the corret path and file name"
Would be happy for some help tried alot but dont want to fiddle and muck it all up permanently
Cheers

I'm not sure how to fix your 160 gig iPod, but you can certainly find used, refurbished, and even new iPods for sale on eBay and other locations on the internet, if you have to resort to that.

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