@gabrielleqsey for as long as you did not restore it. It seems like your iPod is just trying to go through it's usually routine as mandated by the firmware. Your files should still be on there. For now, I would go with a USB-to-Zif adapter and see if you can access the drive as an external USB drive. You could also try to place it in disk mode and see if your computer can access it. Just stay away from iTunes and make sure that iTunes is not set to an automatic restore.