Something corrupt in iTunes

When I connect my iPod(4th gen) it doesn't add any songs and a warning comes up from my tray that says"iTunes:iTunes.exe Corrupt File in \iPod_Control\iTunes\Play Counts run the Chkdsk utility." I typed Chkdsk into run and ran it. Nothing changed. Also when I connect my iPod it says "Attemp to write to iPod failed. The disk cannot be read from or written to." Can anyone help me with this problem?

check out the iPod support page and see if it helps
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod101/help/
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/index.html

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