5th generation not recognized after reformat

I recently reformatted my hard drive. Before I did so, I deauthorized the computer for iTunes, backed up my music, etc. I have reinstalled iTunes, authorized the computer, and restored my music and videos. All seems good with iTunes.
However, when I plug my 5th generation Nano in, iTunes is saying it cannot read the content and needs to restore the factory defaults, which would erase all the content. Before I go through the hassle of recreating all my playlists and whatnot, I was trying to find if there may be a workaround or "fix" for this. Any suggestions? I did save the complete My Document\My Music\iTunes directory, so if there is a config file or something that identifies devices, I could restore it. Thanks for any help.

See these.
iPod won't turn on.
iPod battery doesn't charge.
Your Windows PC doesn't recognize the iPod is connected.
iPod only shows an Apple logo and doesn't start up.
Restoring using disk mode is often the key.
Putting iPod into disk mode.
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