Possible corrupted iPod. Please help.

So, I have had my iPod for about a year now. I haven't had any problems up until maybe a month or two ago. The scroll wheel froze and the buttons were unresponsive. There were no more problems until this morning. When I turned it on it said that I had no music, and when I connected it to the computer, it wouldn't let me sync any songs. Is there any hope in fixing it?

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I've had my classic since this past christmas (it's the new 120g), and last week, everything got wiped off of my iPod. I'm not sure what happened exactly. I restored it on my computer, and re-synced it. Ever since then, my iPod has been showing the big red X at least once a day. Sometimes I can restart it a couple of times, and it will be fine. Today it happened, and no matter how many times I reset it, it still shows the X. I have it plugged into my computer, but the computer doesn't recognize it. It doesn't show up on My Computer or iTunes or anything. I have no idea how to restore it or what do now.
Please help me, my iPod is my baby.

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02/24/13 20:50:36:197 | [INFO] | | UPDATER | CORE | | | | 3296 | UpdaterCoreImpl::InitLogFile : cmdline option --> -logLevel = 2
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02/24/13 20:50:36:261 | [INFO] | | UPDATER | CORE | | | | 3296 | Stepped into << UCSetUpdateEnginePath >> call
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02/24/13 20:51:34:496 | [INFO] | | UPDATER | CORE | | | | 1392 | Returning from << UCInitialize >> call error = 26 retVal = 1

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