PLEASE HELP Ipod continually restarts itself

Hi, I have never had this much trouble with my ipod in the past, but I tried to restore it and didn't realize it died in the middle. After the attempted restore, now I cannot get it to do anything except restart itself continuously. I do not have apple care any longer, as it is 3 years old. I don't know what to do to restore it, but I really need it fixed. PLEASE HELP ME. Thank you very much!

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