Ipod crashes when connects to computer

My 20 GB Ipod has been acting funny the last couple of days showing me the battery sign with the exclamation mark, not allowing me to turn it on, I have managed to correct this by placing it on charge with the mains adapter. The Ipod now starts fine and plays all the songs with no errors but as soon as I connect it to the computer it crashes and freezers on the position it was left in, not even reaching the "do not disconnect screen". The computer only sees it as a un- recognizable USB device. I have to restart it to get it working again but as soon as I try and complete the connection with my PC again it crashes. There is also a new sound when I start the Ipod like 2 little faint beeps that have never been there before.
Please can somebody help as I use my Ipod as my hard drive plus over 2000 songs that are not backed up.
Thanks

I still have no look with my pod, ive tried everything, it plays fine but will not connect to the computer and crashes, i am now able to get do not disconnect sign and the disk drive logo but it just freezers and stays on that screen. It also generates a Removable disk drive in My Computer but cannot access it.
Please can somebody help me out there
Thanks

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