PLEASE HELP - iPod mini formatted...

I formatted my ipod mini with windows and now the only thing I get on the screen is a picture of a "folder" with a "hazzard" sign and the url: www.apple.com/support/ipod. A lot of good that's done me.
So now in essence it's acting like a removable HDD and nothing more.
I don't need to update the ipod because the updater tells me i have the latest software (1.4) on the ipod and when i try to restore the ipod i get the message "Firmware update failure. Disk write error"
I did manage to get the ipod up in itunes and uploaded a few songs onto the ipod but as soon as it was disconnected the picture of a "folder" with a "hazzard" sign and the url: www.apple.com/support/ipod came back up on screen and the ipod still won't restore.
I've tried practically everything on the apple ipod support pages and i don't know what else to do...
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciacted.

Please stop posting the same thing over and over again, that is why (in case you were wondering) your posts are being removed by the forum Moderators.
Duplicate posts are always removed.
Why not go to your other post and reply to the person who is trying to help you there?
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