By the way, my iPod has been out of service for about 2 months now. I unplugged the iPod without stopping it in Windows first. It is now a paperweight until I can get it to a Mac for restoration. Ugh.

Man, that's funny. You think Apple would have thought of a way to fix that if you don't have a Mac. But, I guess they didn't intend for it to be used with Windows when it was developed.