Ipod corrupted, error 1429

I have a 20Gb ipod classic and a ibookg4 and woke up this morning to the dreaded folder ! sign and the support web address flashing on my screen.
I followed the directions on support, doing the 5 r's- and when trying to restore my ipod to the factory settings, got the message that my ipod could not be restored (error 1429). I trashed and then downloaded itunes again, restarting my computer, and was then able to restore my ipod-
the problem is, as soon as it says "Your Ipod has been restored", it flashed right back to "Your ipod is corrupted" and I had to do the whole process over again.
Nothing has helped. I have deleted and downloaded itunes, I've tried eveything I can think of and my ipod sounds ill... it keeps booting up and then quitting, booting up, then quitting...
so my question is- anything I haven;t thought of? And, if the only left is sending it away to get it fixed, does anyone know how much I'm looking at? It may just be easier to buy new...
thanks much!

Strang thing is you would expect it has to do with the hardrive, but I have the exact same thing with my Ipod shuffle it won't synchronize on my PC as it needs to be restored but then get the known message code 1429. However if I connect to my laptop I'm able to restore the Ipod and can upload music from Itunes. Both my PC and Laptop have the same version of Itunes.
If I then connect again my Ipod to the PC i get the same error, so somehow it doesn't work on my PC.
Does anyone have a solution

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