Ipod is Corrupted or What???!!

Hey
Resently my friend let me borrow her Ipod 40GB 4th Gen. clickwheel and it would play fine and upload on her computer but then I tried putting some of her tunes on my library and at first it would say that it needs to be formated, so I didnt want to format it.So I told her about it and she said it worked fine, then the battery died so I took it to my house to charge it, since she doesnt have a charger. Then thats when I noticed the folder with exclamation mark on the screen. So it would just click and not load/charge. So I put it on my computer and it would plug in and show "do not remove" but still not appear on itunes. so I followed all suggestions on apple site,upgraded to 7, I even restored it to factory settings. Now it can charge and all but now I put it and on "My Computer" it says it has to be formated and on Itunes it Says "Itunes has detected an Ipod that is Corrupted. You may need to restore Ipod before it can be used with Itunes.You may also try disconnecting and reconnecting the Ipod." On "My Computer" I tried formating Ipod but it says "Drive I cant be formated" or windows stops responding and I click End Now button then I Just eject Ipod. So my Q is whats the matter with my friends Ipod or is it my computer? Cuz my friend is out of town or I would let her ty it on her computer. Please Heeeelllppp!!!!!
Much appreciated. Hope someone can help out there....
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This happened not so long ago with my iPod. I would open iTunes and try to sync songs into my music folder and the same message would appear. There's nothing wrong with the USB hub I'm using, and I already tried installing iTunes 7.0.2 again, and nothing has changed. In the folder for the music already on my iPod, it says the songs have been put on, but when I disconnect my iPod from the computer and search for the songs, their not there....it's confusing Is there any other way than backing up the songs in another file and restoring the iPod? I'm not 100% convinced, and I'm not willing to try it until I figure out more...
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