Ipod nano 3rd gen, when connected to computer works fine, but when disconnected it just dies.

today, i first thought that i had left my ipod on all night and my battery had just gone in the ipod, so plugged it in to my laptop to charge, but after a few hours, i ejected the ipod, no problems, but as soon as i unpluged it, it died. tryed plugging it in again but the same thing, plugged in it works fine but once its disconected it dies! im really worried about the music on it that i dont have in my itunes.
is there anyway to fix this, and also how do i back up my ipod, NOT my itunes?!

whoa, ok i tryed just there to restore it (menu, middle button) while it was plugged in, but now the little apple logo keeps comming up for about 5 seconds, turns off, and repeats... WHATS GOING ON?!?! have i wiped my ipod?!?!?!

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