IPod will not update or restore

Whenever I try to update my iPod I get a pop-up that says it can't be updated because the filmware file could not be found, and when I try to restore it all it does is delete my files but it still won't update it. Could it be because I'm not using the same computer as I was first using when I set up my iPod? Plus there's a dicoloration on the screen, that's new, but I don't think it's related.

Do you have iTunes 7? If not try downloading it. Then plug your iPod in, go to the iPod summary and you will see an update button. Click it and it should download the latest update. And i don't think the restore button updates the ipod, just sets the iPod to all the setting that it was on when you first got it. (not sure someone might need to clarify this)

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