Ipod troubles - don't know what else to try

I've had my ipod since 2004, and its always worked well. I used it a day ago, and set it on my desk. Today, when I plugged it into my computer to charge it came up with a message that I suddenly needed to restore my ipod.
Now my ipod makes a clicking noise, what I assume is the hard drive spinning then suddenly stopping, over and over. When I plug it in my computer my system locks up. I've tried to rename the letter of my ipod's drive, but going into the networking section just results in it saying that the (G)drive is unreadable.
So far the only thing I can do is reset it into disc mode. I've tried to format it by clicking on it in My Computer (the 2/10 times it shows up) but nothing happens.
The other two times I got it to let me get to the ipod updater to try to let me restore, the restore won't go through and it says it is unable to mount.
And then shortly after all this I'm getting a WMI error.
I feel like I have so many problems all at once! Anyone have any suggestions or is it just worth it to buy another one at this point..

Hey there.
I bought the 2nd generation iPod a while ago. It broke. I've gotten five iPods from Apple because they have alll malfunctioned.
The latest one (4th gen) has been giving in as of late. I decided to screw attempting to get another one from Apple because they didn't want to give me one and wanted it serviced so I went out and bought one.
Buy a new one. Make sure you get a service plan!

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