IPod is corrupted and I cannot restore it

I message pops up into the iTunes written that my iPod is corrupted and I am supposed to restore it. While doing so it never finishes becasue another message appears saying my iPod cannot be written off!
Would somebody have any tip to solve it?
Thanks

Hey Bilbo,
Thank you for sending me help. However I hope I can still use my iPod for a while if it is the case.
I saw yesterday one of the forums and it helped me fixing my iPod problem. The forum is titled "Corrupted iPod" and Jeff Brian posted this link that in my case it worked. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304309
Hope it is useful for others.
Cheers.

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