5th Gen Ipod not charging or being seen in my computer

I have a Dell Latitude D510. My Ipod will not show anything or be seen anywhere on the system. I replaced the battery tow days ago and hoped that might help, but it didn't. Any ideas?

Hello Seirra I,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
The clicking noise very well could be signs of a failing hard drive, but before we make any final assumptions or decisions, let's just make sure you have tried everything you could.
Have you worked through each potential troubleshooting solution provided in these Apple support documents? You stated a couple of troubleshooting techniques in your post above, but it wouldn't hurt to try the rest of them at this point right?
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1369
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
Another option is to see if you can get another computer to recognize it. From there you can determine if the problem lies with your iPod or your PC.
If not luck with any of the above, I would definitely recommend getting the hard drive replaced. You can either opt to do it your self, have it serviced by Apple, or a third party company repair it for you. That decision is entirely yours.
Hope this helps.
B-rock

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