Ipod Video wont turn on

Hello all,
Lately I have been having problems syncing my ipod video to my computer. Because of this I restored the ipod and updated the to the latest software version. Now after restarting the ipod it will not get past the apple logo that you get with you restart your ipod, it just keeps flashing that screen as if it is stuck on bootup or somthing. I am able to get into disk mode but that really does nothing for me. Any ideas? any help would be greatly appreciated.
windows Windows XP Pro

Hey
Yup, I have the newest restore program. I plug the ipod into the computer in disk mode because that is the only mode the computer will recognize it. I then open the update program and it sees the ipod and I am able to restore it. This particular time I left it for quite a while so that I was making sure it didnt miss anything. The updater program says that it is finished and the ipod says do not disconnect and it is flashing so I assume it is functioning correctly. I then tried to add my songs back to the ipod, but it says the disk cannot be written to, I thought maybe I needed to initialize the disk but could not find that option anywhere. After attempting to update the ipod that is when the "do not disconnect" stops flashing and it freezes. I then try to reset it but it just freezes at the bootup screen.

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