IPod in restart loop

Had my 4th Gen Click wheel iPod over a year, and haven't used it for a week or so, charged it up fully yesterday and tried to update my songs, when it initially docked to my Mac everything was as normal, then suddenly an error message came up sayin something about 'Mac OS X does not recognise any files..' (cant really remember what it said as i was in abit of a panic).
Now my iPod is in a constant restart loop, tried to use the link below as to guidance as to what to, however i would not like to open up my iPod myself as advised by some. Hope someone can help me. Many thanks.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=261911&tstart=30
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Loop.
By A. Toad.
We were so happy, the 'Pod and I
Until, without a warning
'Twas with dispair that I did spy
The restart loop this morning.
Over and over, ad infinitum
A click, a whir, the logo appears
But no tunes emerge, for she's struck dumb
An invisible monkey wrench in her gears.
Hellish death a thousand times
The hours pass, and I now see it's true
Awake, but she sleeps; Alive but dead,
Dear iPod, you are passed and through
So Loop, Loop, fiend, once friend,
On and on, you loop.
Perhaps our days have come to end
You've flown the proverbial coop
And left your little iPod shell
to rot in a comatose little ****
No need for the white case
the little 'Pod's soul soars through space
She waves sadly as she departs
And leaves a great abyss within my heart.
Niskayuna, NY
31 March 2006

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