Troubles with my 120GB Classic

During a trip i accidentally dropped my Ipod on a metal floor. At first everything seemed fine, but soon there occurred minor lags in both music and movies as i issued orders. (like fast forward or pause, and it sometimes made small clicking noises)
I could live with that, but weeks later, still on the trip, the Ipod suddenly reset itself, after MANY minutes with only the apple logo showing the iPod freshened up and asked me to pick language. Then i discovered that all my music and videos are gone! But wait, not gone, they show up as other in Settings/About.
I thought I could fix it when i returned home, but my Ipod will not show up in Itunes. And every time i connect it, Itunes freeze.
It will however show up in windows, but when i try to access it there, explorer freezes.
Help anyone? I'm desperate.

Sounds like you may have crashed the heads on the harddrive when you dropped it. You'll need to replace the drive.

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