Stuck on apple startup screen.

okay so,
i formatted my computer a while ago due to a virus keeping me from logging on, and thus lost all my music, and the ability to add music onto my ipod without deleting all 25 gigs of music on it.
so my friend suggested ephpod, and to my displeasure, after trying to add wolfmother onto my ipod and then unplugging it to see if it worked, my ipod had frozen on the apple startup screen, and it's still there
i did a reset with the menu/select buttons
and it resets, but it just goes right back to the apple and stays there
i plugged it into my computer, didn't work. plugged it into my iluv dock, didn't work. same old apple screen.
i even let it sit there for a couple hours until the battery died to see if that would work, and it was another no-go.
i've searched all over google for some kind of answer, and it seems like no one really knows what to do about it without completely wiping the ipod clean of my music
for goodness' sake, is there ANY way i can fix it without losing everything on it?
video ipod Windows XP Pro

See if these help.
iPod shows only an Apple logo and doesn't start up.
Only the Apple logo appears when turned on.

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