IPod Touch froze during restoration

I recently was given a first generation iPod Touch.  About 2 days ago I paid for the iOS 3.1 download and started the process.  It seems that everything worked fine on the computer, but my iPod froze during the process on the iPod screen with the apple and loading bar.  Today, I tried to hook it back to iTunes to finish the process, and all it would do is sync with the screen still frozen.  I tried today to restore it, and it got stuck on the same screen as it's been frozen on with the loading bar a little further than before.
Do you know what's wrong with it? What should I do?
Thanks so much!

I don't think this is an individual hardware problem as so many people have reported the same incident and plenty others probably don't know about the site. I am having this problem with itunes 8.1. While my ipod touch is recognized by it perfectly my 60gb ipod video is not recognized by it. I have tried all the recommended solutions in the support section and nothing helps. Apple needs to fix this problem ASAP.

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