\iPod_Control\iTunes\iTunesDB, file damaged

I have a problem with my mini ipod, maybe anybody knows what to do or is it broken??
my computer shows:
"file or list \iPod_Control\iTunes\iTunesDB is damged and not readable.conduct CHKDSK"
is this a ipod problem or pc problem? or has it to do with the fact maybe that i updated the software??
all music from my ipod is gone and i m not able to get the music from my library to the ipod because then the above fault message appears.
I am grateful for help....

chkdsk is "check disk" program which you have to run it under dos command. I did try and found there were problems with file / directory structure within ipod. However, this did not fixed the problem.
So nextthing I did was the restore the ipod to factory default setting. That just cured all the problems I had!!!
here's the instructions to restore your i pod
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60983
custom Windows XP

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