Ipod classic just froze

battery is 1/4 full
i plugged in the usb, and removed the usb about 5 seconds later.
the ipod is frozen at the last playback stage it was at before i turned it off last
none of the buttons are responding, the lock button doesnt do anything, if i stick it up to my ear a very quite whirring sound is coming from it
plugging in the usb gives me the windows usb-detected sound, but itunes doesnt see it, and my computer doesn't see it as a disk drive
'elp ??????

didn't realise removing headphones did anything, I'll bear that in mind next time.
overnight I let it discharge with the screen on. In the morning is displayed 'please charge'
it charged for about 1 minute, then came up 'ok to disconnect' straight away, and wouldn't charge any more.
but i could now get at the menu.
I usually have
playlist, album, extras, settings
from my main menu.
it had lost my "playlist" entry. so i re enabled that from the settings.
all my music and playlists etc are still there. then i reset factory settings just for good luck.
At this point i have a barely charged ipod which seems alive, but doesn't want to charge any more.
for good luck i put the hold button to "on".
all of a sudden it started charging, and right now i seem to be back with an apparently healthy ipod, which is charging thro the usb as normal.
itunes and windows explorer does not seem to see the device right now, i'll worry about that once i have a charged ipod.
I didnt know about the two button combo and lock - will for next time

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