VIDEO IPOD HELP....REAL BAD

i've just about had it with Apple...this isn't the first time (last year with my 20 GB i had all sorts of trouble) AND ITS STARTING TO **** ME OFF. I got a video ipod about a year ago and and its been working beautifully and i treated it like a baby. just a few scratches and one drop while it was in its case not that far off the ground. I was listening to it last night and all of a sudden it froze...this freeze is different..the screen is on, the motor sounds like its on, but when i turn the ipod a little it makes a funny sound (like the engine is hitting something) I pluged it in and tried reseting it, ive tried pluging it in my frickin computer. but nothing works, and it really makes me MAD.

Sounds like harddrive problem. Have you tried restoring it?

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