My ipod wont turn on

Hi.
I have a wee problem.
Last week I updated my ipod (4thGen 20gb)with itunes then went to charge it with my power adapter but it wouldn't charge. I then charged it through my laptop as that worked. I tried to use my power adapter a couple of other times after but still nothing. I was not worried about that because I still had my laptop to charge my ipod with. Anyway, yesterday I was using my ipod and it was working fine then I went to play a different song and the song skipped so I tried to play it again but it froze on the playing screen. I left it for a couple of hours as it was not letting me do anything even reset it. I did manage to reset it later and it all seemed to be working fine. So today I went to turn it on and now it will not go past the opening screen with the apple on it. It just seems to be making a funny scratching noise and then finally comes up with the !folder and telling me to go to http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/ . My ipod is also no longer being recognised by my laptop.
Does anyone know what is wrong?
I don’t want to have to get another one…..
Dell Inspiron 6000   Windows XP  
Dell Inspiron 6000   Windows XP  

Hey,
This was happening to me, along with other just plain annoying hard to fix things. At the ipod support site, it has some things you can do (the 5 r's). If these things don't work, take it to a store and get a "genius" to look at it for you. I did this with mine 20 days after it went out of warranty, and the genius said i could get a different provider to replace my hard drive for about $300. So, my advice is try the stuff at the support site and if that doesn't work or if this ever happens again, take it in to be checked out before the warranty blows.

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