Can't sync ipod classic

I plugged in my ipod i was prompted to sync it and I choose not too, now when I plug in my ipod it doesnt even detect it no matter what i try or do. i thought maybee reinstalling itunes would detect it again, it didnt. what do I need to do for itunes to detect my ipod any help is apreciated thanks.

Thaks for repply,
alot of unanswered ones out there. Turns out I hadn't registered the Ipod successfully. When I went throught the registering screens the registering process kept erroring out. (Don't take the free movies they offer - they caused an error). The ipod eventually registeried (10th time or so) successfully. I had to enter my info quickly on the registration screen requesting my apple account and password for it to work. After it registered sucessfully it still had an iTunes error
" We could not complete your itunes store request. the requested resource was not found. There was an error in the itunes store. Please try again later."
however it still works. My local Apple store has a free tech service called the "Genuis Bar". I've been peppering them with questions.
http://www.apple.com/support/ipodclassic/
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304680

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