Multilingual iPod messages, STILL not functioning with iTunes 7.0.1.8

OK. So I have diligently tried all the possible solutions on these boards (some many times), and none have worked for my iPod thus far. Either I'm missing something, or I have a different problem altogether.
I'll preface this by saying that I did upgrade to iTunes 7.0 (and again to 7.0.1.8) but hadn't plugged in my iPod yet, and the day before I plugged it in for the first time, I also dropped it on the pavement while it was in its hard plastic case.
When I tried to turn it on, it told me in several different languages that I needed to plug in to my computer so iTunes could restore it.
When I did that, I got all the "recovery mode" messages and error 1418s that everyone else is describing.
When I try to format by Windows Explorer, Disk Management OR command prompt, it sits there for a long time until it decides it's not going to format. Last night I got it all the way to 99% on the command-prompt format and it told me there was a disk error and that it couldn't be formatted (I don't remember the exact message because I flew into hysterics).
*I actually DID get my iPod to restore fully once, with the Apple on the screen and the progress bar and everything, but it went straight back to multilingual after that.*
Help? Guys, I'm desperate. I'm listening to CDs at work, and my subway ride in to work is horrifying.
Did I break it?!
Sony VAIO Windows XP 5G iPod 30GB
Sony VAIO   Windows XP   5G iPod 30GB

I had major issues until I visited http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304434 and turned my Terminal Services back on. I had set it to "Disable" to save resources. Once I set it to "manual", the IPOD worked great with Itunes.

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