Ipod restore never ends!?!

I installed the latest updater, launched it, plugged in the ipod and hit restore. Now its been about 20 hours and ipod is still restoring. What do I do?
G4 dual 867 Mac OS X (10.2.x)

It shouldn’t take any longer than a few minutes.
First of all, try clicking on the little x in the top corner, which might take you to the next stage in the process. Sometimes it gets stuck.
If this doesn’t work, shut down the computer, disconnect the iPod, restart the computer, run the updater again, and connect the iPod when prompted.

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