Sync with spotify - only limited access - why?

Wanted to sync my iPod to Spotify so connected it to my MacBook, now it wont connect to my iTunes. I get this message (translated from Swedish):
"The harddrive xx could not be repaired. You will only get limited access to it. You must backup your data and reformate your harddrive as soon as possible."
Never had any similar problems with my iPod before. Haven't used it or synced it with my computer in a couple of weeks but seems like the problem had something to do with Spotify. Next step on there is "set up your iPod with itunes",  which I guess I did already when I got the iPod, so wonder why it doesn't recognize it.
Have not been able to update my itunes in a long time either, because I'm not "eligible enough". The macbook is mine though and I'm the only one using it.
How do I reformate the iPod? What else could/should I do?

I have a 30GB iPod that only syncs with my iTunes
once a day. When I purchase songs and plug in my iPod
again to my computer to update it, it won't update
again. My comp also doesn't recognize that my iPod is
plugged in. This frustrates me because I have to wait
for the next day to sync my iPod with these new
songs. I also can't sync songs from my Windows Media
Player to it as well, because I've already updated my
iPod for that day. Does anyone else have this
problem? Am I even making sense?
Well, Windows Media Player really isn't supposed to work with iPods, so if you are having trouble getting those two together, it's not all that surprising. As for iTunes not recognizing the iPod... are you leaving the iPod connected to your computer and then going back to iTunes at a later time? If you are, try just disconnecting and reconnecting the USB cable. If you connect it and it doesn't recognize it, you might want to try a different USB port, preferably on the back of your PC tower, or restarting the computer, that sort of thing. Basically, there's no reason iTunes would recognize the iPod only once a day... it should be recognized everytime you connect it, as long as you are physically connecting the cable each time you want it to appear in iTunes.
CG

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