Ipod not being being read by vista

Hi Guys,
I have an 8 gig nano which I got for Xmas in 2007.
It has worked great (apart from the 4 sets of sennheiser and sony headphones ive been through), less errors than my old 4 gig had.
But it has an error and I dont know how to fix it or why its happened so Im hoping someone can help.
About a week ago I was transfering some mp3 files onto my ipod. I thought the transfer had gone smoothly, but when I unplugged my ipod and tried to listen to the songs in my recently added playlist, I was unable to select any most of the songs I had just added (and some I had added a week earlier). It wont let me select these songs either in the songs list or recently played list and skips to the next song. Then it wont let me skip back past that song!
Also the ipod is no longer recognised by itunes. It simply doesnt pop up in the menu when I plug it in. Windows recognises an ipod has been plugged in, but when I try to explore the ipod it wont let me and tells me the device needs to be formatted.
The exact error message when I try to access the ipod directly through vista reads:
"You need to format the disk in drive E: before you can use it"
The ipod is still usable and charges, but I cannot listen or skip back past the songs ive recently added, itunes wont recognise it and I cant add anymore songs because I cant access it through Itunes.
I have tried:
1. The manual reset by holding the centre and middle buttons down
2. charging it completely
3. trying different USB ports
4. trying a different ipod cable.
5. Uninstalling and reinstalling new itunes.
Nothing Helps! Any suggestions? Im thinking Im going to have to do a format
HEEEEEEEEEEEEELP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Thanks,
John

You may need to change the drive letter of the ipod as describe [here|http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1493]
If you can't see the ipod in disk management, before you connect the ipod, open itunes, select edit/preferences, with that open click on Show desktop. This will make itunes busy. Then connect the ipod.

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