Ipod shown as "Removable Disk" in MyComputers among other problems. HELP

I've had my iPod for quite a while now, dating back to June of 2005. Just lately I have not been able to connect my iPod to iTunes. When I checked under "My Computer" it appeard in the F Drive as well as being named "Removable Disk" as opposed to its given name. Finally, I was able to get iTunes to recognize the iPod and it asked me to restore it. I did and I was still unable to get it to work properly. It asked me to restore the iPod again, whiwh I again tried. This time, however, it stated:
"There was a problem downloading the iPod 'iPod.' The requested resource was not found."
When I open RealRhapsody to download music, the iPod no longer appears. When I try to select it on My Computer, it freezes up. I do not know what to do. Any help would be nice.

. when i plugged my ipod shuffle g1 in a few days ago itunes said the i had to restore my ipod. i did not want to but i had no choice cauz it already deleted my songs. after 5 trys it said "cant restore ipod"ipod". unknown error occurred (1418))(itunes did it by it self, i just put it in one very fateful afternoon. i spent 5 hrs on the computer and i still cant fix it) well i went to this web site to see if they could help me. i found something. it was a program for my ipod but by the time i downloaded it, it was too late. after a while plugging in my ipod "my computer" no longer reconized it as removable disk. a pop up comes up and says this device malfunctioned then my ipod disappears off the face of the earth. i would send it to the apple store but my warranty expired. bummer what should i do?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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