No Nano - does not show up in ITunes or MY Computer

I'm new to the IPOD and have had the Nano 1 week of which I spent 6 days trying to figure out why it wouldn't show up in ITunes.
Solution - Eliminated extra drive assignments. I had used all the drive letter assignments from E: up to T: and had to remove the E: assignment so the Nano could use it.
More info - The first time I plugged the Nano in it worked great. I loaded music onto it that I had previously stored and was able to listen and play it.
So I decided to add more music from my CD collection.
I removed the 3.5" floppy drive from the laptop and inserted the CD reader.
!! That was the critical change because now the CD reader became D: drive which the Ipod had been using previously (I'm assuming, I never actually checked until it wouldn't work).
After that I spent days trying to figure out why the Nano would no longer show up in ITunes. See details below:
What I've Tried:
1st Use:
Windows XP 2002 SP1
Had Itunes already on PC
Charged Nano for a few hours until battery indicated full charge
Plugged in 1st time, loaded Nano with tunes, no issues.
Played music for awhile
2nd Use:
Swapped 3.5" Floppy drive for CD ROM drive
Added more music from CD's
Plugged in Nano
ITunes opens up automatically
Nano not shown in ITunes
Nano not shown on My Computer
Checked USB H/W configuration - shows IPOD connected
Nano is charging, indicates "Do Not Disconnect"
Disconnect Nano
Shut down, Restart PC
Reconnect Nano
No change - no Nano
Swapped USB Ports, no change - no Nano
Disconnect Nano
Reset Nano
Reconnect Nano
No change - no Nano
Disconnect Nano
Remove Itunes
Reload Itunes from CD-ROM,
Connect Nano when prompted by installation program but apparently doesn't recognize Nano is connected
Installation gets stuck (45+ min) trying to "Format" Nano (Nano doesn't respond)
Skip to next part of installation
Shutdown, Restart PC
Reconnect Nano
No change - no Nano
Disconnect Nano
Remove Itunes
Reload Itunes from CD-ROM
Installation gets stuck again trying to "Format" Nano (Nano doesn't respond)
Skip to next part of installation
Set USB Drivers configuration to not disable power to USB port
Shutdown, Restart PC
Reconnect Nano
No change - no Nano
Shutdown, Restart PC
Remove Itunes
Shutdown, Restart PC
Reload Itunes from CD-ROM
Skip connecting Nano as part of installation
Shutdown, Restart PC
Run Ipod Updater 2005-09-06 program before plugging in Nano
Connect Nano
Restore software on Nano
Nano Restores itself
Nano indicates "Do not Disconnnect"
ITunes opens up automatically
Nano still not shown in ITunes
Nano still not shown in My Computer
Checked System\hardware\device manager\USB Mass Storage Device indicates says "Location 0 (Ipod)" and device is working properly
Unplug Nano
Swapped CD ROM with 3.5" Floppy drive
Reboot PC
Connect Nano
Battery is already fully charged
Noticed little timer thingy in upper left of Nano spinning around, probably always did it but this is first time I noticed it.
ITunes Opens
Nano still not shown in ITunes
Nano still not shown in My Computer
Nano shows up as USB Mass Storage Device under Safely Remove Hardware
Final solution - free up drive assignment E: so Nano can use it.

Glad you figured it out, but wow does that all make me glad I have a Mac!

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