IPod classic not showing up...anywhere

Hello all, I've had my 120gig classic for 6 months and all of a sudden it started locking up my computer when I plugged it in to sync/charge. After a while, it said that the iPod may be corrupt and I needed to restore it to use with Windows.
That's cool and all, but I can't actually access the iPod in iTunes - it just locks up, and eventually says "hey, you should restore this." I have tried reinstalling iTunes twice with latest version (following all the steps in the support articles here) along with clearing temp files, stopping/starting the device in Windows manager, trying in disk mode, etc. Nothing.
By the way, when I kick it into disk mode and try to access it from Windows, I can SEE the iPod, but when I try to access it I get a similar lock up, and after a few minutes it quits trying to access the disk.
finally, even with all these problems I DID still have access to all my music on my iPod. However, now the music has disappeared, though it still says my iPod only has ~200 megs free. So it's still got all the files on there.
is my iPod screwed? is it my computer? Should I just go stick my head in the oven?
any help is greatly appreciated!

Have you worked through each and every troubleshooting suggestion in this Apple support document?
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Is there a Devices section in the left hand pane of iTunes when your iPod is connected?
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