Problems with IPod turning on and other things.

Recently I turned on my IPod shuffle and the green light goes on. I am thinking, great, it is working, but then the light won't turn off and because of it I can't press play or use any other buttons available to me. Somtimes where that green light goes on it flashed, green, orange, green orange, or somthing like that. Also, I have charged the thing and when I pressed the button on the back to display the battery charge no lights came on at all. Anyone knowing how to fix the problem and their help would be very much appreciated. Thanks.
Gateway FX400X   Windows 2000  

Also, when I went into my computer, and wanted to see what was in my IPod, it said there was a hidden file that I don't know how to remove, so yeah.... Help would be greatly appreciated.

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