I Have Been Surpassed by Technology

My iPod is on the fritz. I have troubleshooted (or troubleshot?) it on apple.com as well as google to all of these random blogs & message boards. I have come to the conclusion that my hard drive needs to be replaced. I am pretty good figuring out things, but this one is something that I am pretty sure that I have no idea how to do. I think that I may have to take a trip to the apple store and see how much this type of thing is and if it is even worth it. Kurt bought it from a friend 3 years ago and it was probably 1 or 2 years old then. It is pretty old looking compared to what's out there now, but it does store 1000 songs and worked fine up till yesterday. And it totally put me in a bad mood. Finally, Kurt brought me to my senses and I listened to him (for once). There is nothing I can do about it right now. He also is the best husband in the world, because he gave me his iPod to take to the gym today. So now I can listen to the perfect workout play list that I created and tried to sync to the ancient iPod. Did my vanity and quest for a toned body cause this or perhaps it was when I went to put it on because I couldn't stand to listen to the kids whine anymore last week that did it? Who knows? Who cares?