30 gig in disk mode, but no show

Okay, so I have my old 30 gig in disk mode, but it seems to be nowhere to be found. I'm running all the latest versions of OSX and iTunes. And, before this happened, my iPod stopped working until I purchased the dual usb/firewire connector (meaning it would charge via firewire but connect via usb). Right now, however, it shows that it is in disc mode with the "Do Not Disconnect" message. If I reset, I get the folder with the exclamation point. Any ideas how to reformat or even get the Mac (or even a PC) to recognize it?

even though i have a dual cable just like you and mine works fine. try using the regular one. go to the system profiler and see if it recognizes that there is a USB plugged in the computer. This randomly happened to my first iPod 60 GB. so i took it to a local apple dealer and they couldn't figure out anything wrong with it (they had no other customers waiting and just worked with it for less than 5 minutes). so they just replaced it with a new one.

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