IPod shuts down soon after connecting to PC

I have a problem with my iPod (160 Gb Classic). It started doing this yesterday just out of nowhere. So when I connect my iPod to my PC, the iPod screen shows the "Connected" message for short time and then it shuts down and the Apple logo appears and soon iPod restarts. Then it may get connected again and do the same thing over and over again while draining the battery quickly. Every now and then iTunes tells me that my iPod should be formatted for Windows use, but then again it can't do anything because my iPod keeps shutting itself down.
I was just wondering if anyone would know some way to fix this thing by yourself. Otherwise I probably just have to contact technical support.

Is the other machine "authorized" at the iTunes store? If not, it's probably overwriting the authorization of the home machine.

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