Need to Restore Ipod - but wont work

Last friday, I was in a free period at school, and I took out my I-pod out of my backpack. It was working fine until about 20 minutes later when the songs started randomly skipping. Then the ipod froze. So I held the menu and select buttons and restored it. Only there was one problem, that stupid little icon with the exclamation point on the folder came up!!! I've tried everything on the tech site, but still nothign has worked. The first time I plugged it back into my computer, after a few minutes, this window popped up about if I wanted to restore my ipod, which i did. But at that time I didn't have time, so I figured that I could do it later. Now whenever I plug it in, the computer detects NOTHING!!! So now I cannot restore it.
I thank you in advance for your help.
- N

Mine did the exact same thing. After a while it wouldn't even mount to my PC, so I couldn't format it or anything. All it would do it the Apple logo, then the exclamation file folder, and that terrible clicking noise. I asked my friend, and she suggested to jog it a little to get rid of the click. I did. It worked.
It's unconventional, but I couldn't be more excited that my iPod works after months of frustration. Now, I'm not saying take your iPod and slam it across the room, just hit it. You might have to do this several times. After my first tap, it could finally mount and I could restore it, but it wouldn't re-format. When trying to re-format, it would get stuck and would still be clicking. So I gave a love top on the back, still clicking. On the top, still clicking. One side, still clicking. Other side, no clicking! It finished formatting and now it's fine.
I hope this helps! But PLEASE be careful, don't do anything extreme.

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