Ipod crashed my laptop

My brother-in-law found an iPod and we were trying to find its owner. I plugged it into my Asus laptop (Windows 7) and opened iTunes. Apparently the iPod had been erased by the Find My iPhone facility. After a few minutes the whole computer froze. A new window started to pop up just before that but I can't remember what it said because it couldn't load; there were only two words visible on the task bar and one was "personal".  I used the power key to hard reboot the computer.  It cannot find the operating system at all, but after 2-3 minutes says, "Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device." What did the iPod do to my computer and how can I fix it? I always keep my computer in very good health. I never used an iPod before, so I don't know what it's supposed to do. I have an iPhone.

This may help in the initial problem.
iTunes for Windows Vista or Windows 7: Troubleshooting unexpected quits, freezes, or launch issues
However, it appears you have a windows computer problem and will have to recover from that before you work with the iPOd.
You can try:
Booting from the install disk for windows and repairing the windows installation.
Otherwise you will have to reinstall windows

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