Ipod Repeatedly Asks for Restore

A day ago, my ipod started freezing up on me whenever I tried to play a song. I tried to reset it but that would only allow it to run for 5-10 minutes before the same problem would reoccur. When I connected it to my computer, it said that my ipod could possibly be corrupt and asked to restore to original factory settings. I did. Now, I'm in the continuous loop where my ipod will restore, autoplay, and then determine itself to be corrupt. I have no clue what to do with it. Help please?

Have you tried running disk error checking (oftentimes just called "chkdsk") on your iPod?
For information on how to run chkdsk, see this MS document:
How to perform disk error checking in Windows XP
-Kylene

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