My nano skips through songs on any playlist and won't play them! HELPPP!!!!

My iPod Nano (first generatio) won't play the songs i want it to play, it just skips through the playlist until it finds a song it wants to play, and i have tried over and over again to play some specific songs, and it doen't work!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT! and it's always the same ones, and there's alot of them!!!
Also, my brother just bought a new second generation nano, and this was the first time I plugged my iPod in the computer since my brother installed his iPod in. I don't know if this is relevant or not, but i don't knwo what to do... Is it a virus or what?!?! And if it is, how do i fix it!?!?!?
And if anyone can help me, please explain it thoroughly, becaus ei'm not exactly a computer wiz....
Please help me! I love my iPod and I dont' know what to do!!!!!!!!!!!!
-nano problems
Nano - first generation Windows XP
Nano - first generation Windows XP
Nano - first generation Windows XP

I had the same problem for about 2 weeks and just fixed it tonight! YEAH!! I followed the 5R's and the first 4 did nothing. So, I wasn't very hopeful for the 5th, but I made a back up of my library just in case, downloaded the latest version of iTunes and RESTORED my iPod back to the factory settings and it works beautifully now. No skipping on any songs at all. And, mine didn't matter if they my songs or iTunes songs, it did it to any song that it didn't like. Good luck!
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