IPod Classic freezes Itunes and wont Restore

I have a IPod Classic 120GB.
I was saving a file onto my IPod because i also use it as a hard drive, and the file wouldn't save. Then i noticed that iTunes froze. So i tried saving again and nothing happened.
So i unplugged my IPod and had to go to the task manager to close iTunes.
Every time i plug my iPod into my computer, it freezes iTunes. I'v tried accessing files by going to the ipod and opening it from there and going to programs such as photoshop and opening it through there and all of them say that they cant open it, then they freeze as well. I have also tried uninstalling itunes and then reinstalling a earlier version but that didnt work, so i uninstalled it and reinstalled the latest version of itunes and that didnt work either.
I tried plugging my ipod into another computer and when i click on a normal jpg. image to open from my ipod, it says that the file isnt even there, but there is an icon showing it there.
Im asumeing all my files are corrupt, so i tried to reset my ipod more than once by pressing the select + menu button for 10 seconds, then when the apple appears, i pressed the select + play to get into disk mode. there is get a check mark and connect message, nothing else happens. I tried pluggin it into my computer when i get that screen on my ipod and nothing happens cept my itunes again freezes. So i cant seem to plug it into itunes so i can restore my ipod.
when i have my ipod plugged into my computer, and i start my computer, my computer goes to a black screen, and in white words says something about
Volume Serial number 3141-5926
Fat32
check for consistancy,
and it does then says that all my files on the hard drive are unreadable and have been removed.
but when i look into my ipod after, their all still there. I tried deleting them by going into my computer, opening my ipod hard drive, but the moment i go to delete them, that too freezes.
I also recieve notifications from windows that it cant even connect to my Ipod.
also the hold switch, is not in the on position, its always been in the off position, and my iPod itself has never frozen.
Im running Vista.
I dont care that i lose everything on my ipod, i just want to set it back to factory condition like when i first bought it. I just cant seem to do so.
Help Please

He plugged it into his Mac and then it too froze his iTunes, then when he tried to access the hard drive his Mac crashed. He basically had the same problems as i did with it at home.
Eeek! Sounds like it was being "The iPod Of Doom".
Thank you so much for trying to helping me. I printed this all off and showed him and since he said we tried everything we could and it also wouldnt work for them either, we just replaced it.
Thanks very much for letting me know, Ty! (Always a relief to know I was on the right track with a troubleshoot.)
Glad you got a good resolution. Hope the new iPod behaves itself a bit better for you.

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