Ipod wont reset no matter what

I've had my fifth gen ipod for about a year now, with no problems before this. Basically I was listening to music and then the screen froze for a few seconds, a few minutes later it appeared on screen that I had to restore my ipod to factory settings. So i went to my computer to restore and it just keeps on restoring, it seems to be on a loop. Apart from the time when it said that the ipod was corrupted. I have tried to restore the ipod about 10 times now to no avail. Can anyone help? When the ipod is not connected to the computer a sign comes up to say it needs to be connected and restored although i know that the ipod is empty now as the gb are free. What can I do? I was thinking to let the battery die down, but it keeps charging up as i connect it on my USB.
Please can anyone help!
Thanks

There are two things that I can think of that may help. Digital equipment has to have the approperiate amount of power in order to work the way it is supposed to work. My ipod is having battery problems, but I do not yet want to send it back for a battery replacement. I have some old items for a 3rd generation ipod that do work with the 5th generation ipods (I have a 30 and a 30 gig ipod). These item are: Apple ipod FireWire Power Adaptor, and a Apple ipod Dock Connector to FireWire and USB 2.0 cable. By using these products, it allows me to connect to an external power source and to the ipod (to keep the battery changed to I can do what I need to do-and to allow it to work the way it is supposed to work). It, at the same time, allows me to connect the USB cable to the computer, so I can connect to the itues library, or to do a restore. Normally once this is done, then you will not have to do a restore, and as long as you have an external power supply the ipod will continue to work normally (example I have an external power supply in my car to play the ipod thru my radio). But if I do not have the external power supply connected, then the USB cable alone will not charge the ipod, power goes down, and the ipod will not allow me to do anything that I normally can do. It is not a issue that the USB cable is not connected to a power USB outlet, the USB will not charge the ipod for some reason, but the external power will. I have tried different computer and different USB connections, and the problem remains the same. The last option is to sign up for the Battery Replacement Program, and send in your ipod to be replaced, as the battery does not work. It costs a little, but it is better than having an ipod that does not work. Hope this helps.

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