HT1339 My nano seems to be stuck in recovery mode.  It won't restore...what do I do?

I've tried several times to restore.  It looks as though it is finished.  The iPod restarts and then shows up on iTunes, but immediately, I get a message that the iPod is in recovery mode and I need to restore it.  I've tried a soft reset, and everything is up to date.  Any help would be appreciated.

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