Ipod wont mount on the deskntop

hey
recently i reset my ipod wid the usual hold on back off and then menu and select for a while, it erased all of my music, thats not the problem, now it wont recognise the ipod and a file with an ! mark on it comes up wen i plug it in.

Please put your iPod in disk mode, plug it with your Mac. If failed, the simply way is to fix it with a PC - it will mount, do a restore in PC version before re do the Restore in Mac afterward

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    If a sad iPod icon or an exclamation point and folder icon appears on your iPod’s screen, or with sounds of clicking or HD whirring, it is usually the sign of a hard drive problem and you have the power to do something about it now. Your silver bullet of resolving your iPod issue – is to restore your iPod to factory settings.
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    http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/
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    You can’t accept the re-sell value of your broken iPod
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