Music dissapeared, ipod acting weird - HELP

Ok so i came home today and decided to add an album to my Ipod. I hooked it up and transfered. Great. So then i tried to listen to some music and i discover its EMTY, at least i couldnt see any songs! not an album, artist playlist or song! nothing! But it still says im using space on my pod.
I tried a reset... twice, no go. Then i followed a friend's advice and tried to do a restore. I opened up Ipod updater and clicked restore, the little bar comes up as if its going to do it and then it dissapears and in its place i get a lovely error message which says "Firmware update failure. Disk write error."
And now i cant even access my Ipod any more!! when i unhook it from my PC and turn it on i get a little folder picture on my screen. OMG.
Some help would be.. very very appreciated.
Thank you

Call up Apple customer support on the phone since your iPod comes with a one-year warranty. 1-800-SOS-APPL From the sound of it, your iPod's hard drive is physically damaged.

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