Ipod nano in recovery loop

Hi All,
My old ipod Nano is in recovery loop.
1. First it was stuck at "do not disconnect", i did the reset (menu + select), that worked, but it did get in recovery.
2. Itunes recognizes the ipod as (Ipod Nano software version 1.1.3) and asks to recover
3. When i recover it, it ws succuesful according to Itunes
4. The ipod reboots, displaying the msg "recover with itunes" in 3 languages.
5. Then step 2 to 4 keeps repeating itself.
Windows askes me to format the drive, but when i do click yes, it can acces the drive.
In the drive manager the ipod is displayed as "unallocated space". I can create a partition as it is protected.
I already tried to change the drive letter, reinstall i tunes.
Anybody got an idea? Or is it ready to dump.

I can create a partition as it is protected.
must be
I can't create a partition as it is protected. ;-)

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