ITunes won't recognize my iPod, however Windows does.

When I connect my iPod sometimes iTunes opens like it should, however it just opens and no iPod appears to be connected. If I go to My Computer, the iPod is listed there, and it is fine, however if I try to browse one of the folders on it, Notes for example, it comes up with this error message: "G:\Notes is not accessible. The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable." My aim is to be able to get iTunes to recognize it so I can do a restore. Any ideas?
EDIT: I just tried plugging my iPod into my laptop which has iTunes on it, and it was still not recongnized by iTunes, however Windows did recognize it, and gave the same error message if I tried to browse any folders on it.
SECOND EDIT: I have tried re installing iTunes with no luck. I was wondering, I were to right click my iPod in My Computer and select the format option, and format it that way, would it ruin my iPod? or would it format it leaving it the way it should be similar to a restore?

I solved it myself, by running the windows disk checking utility on my iPod. This fixed the corrupted sectors of the drive, and it seems to be working fine now.

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