Ipod harddisk noise.

I have a Ipod 30gb, and every time I start the ipod the apple logo appears on the display, the harddisk starts "spinning", and ends with a "gluck" sound, and the sound loops till i turn it off.... The ipod won't show up on my mac...... ***?
Magnus.

Thanks a lot in helping me.
I was not able to find a service site for India.
I had even taken my iPod earphones to the seller but since he is just a Sales agnecy he was nt able to help in this service related issue.
Nevertheless thanks a lot for your help.

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