IPod Issue. How can I get my data?

I have a white ipod that can only watch music, it isn't that modern and it has 20 GB, and here is the story
I got an ipod from my dad that is sort of old, but I used it and for 3 months now, it worked fine. Yesturday, it froze and when I reset it, it showed a folder with an exclamation point. That error told me to visit the apple website, and they told me to charge it, which I did and it still doesn't work. So they suggestion to restart, restore, reinstall, reset, retry.
Restarting my computer and reinstalling itunes was pointless for me.
The reset option didn't work and t he only option is to restore it, but the issue would eventually haunt the ipod again.
When I connect it into my computer, it says it is corrupted. When I leave it off for a while, it works like normal, but freezes a bit, and skips 95% of my songs.
I use it as a backup drive to save my data on and I need to access it.
Is there a way I can get to the files to save them on my computer, get it to work without having to restore it, or having to get a program that can fix it or be able toa ccess it even though it won't show in finder.
If you help me, I will give you a best answer big time and do not say to restore the ipod, which I will not do unless I can access my stuff.
The stuff is still in there, it isn't gone, and I want to have a chance to get it before it is too late.

Hi Midnight Pharao,
if I understand you right, you don't want to restore your iPod because you have data on it that you cannot afford to loose. So that means we have to find a way to access the data, back it up and then restore the iPod. I don't think you'll get away without restoring the iPod, because it seems your iPod has real issues. It could even be that the hard drive is dying, something that cannot be fixed at all (except for putting in a new hard drive).
You say, your iPod does not show up in the finder. Does it show up in iTunes? If so go to the iPod in the source list and under options enable "Disk use", eject it, reconnect it and check if it shows up in finder.
If not, it gets pretty complicated. Reset your iPod. When you see the Apple Logo press the Fast Forward and Rewind button simultaneously. This forces the iPod into disk mode and it should mount now.
If this doesn't work, check Applications->Utilities->Disk Utility and look if you find your iPod. Click Verify and if needed Repair. If this doesn't work out, your last resort is a file system repair via Terminal.
Let me know if you get that far, and we'll try to help with the Terminal.
If at any point you can access your data, back it up to a safe location! Once you have done so, it might be time to restore the iPod. Then copy everything back to the iPod and you are good to go.
Hope that helps, Lars
12" PowerBook G4 - 1.25 GB RAM - Mac Pro - 2 GB RAM -   Mac OS X (10.4.9)   - 40 GB iPod 4G

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