Computer cannot find ipod!

Hello,
I purchased a 1gb ipod shuffle about 6 months ago, and have had no problems with it until recently. For the past week I have been unable to edit the songs in iTunes or reset it with the ipod updater. I have tried uninstalling the USB massive storage device in the drivers, I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling iTunes, and I have updated to the most recent ipod updater. One weird thing I've noticed is that when I plug in my ipod or open the updater, this autoplay loading screen comes up for a few minutes. The only place where I can see that my computer recognizes the ipod is in My Computer, where the drives are listed. It comes up as Removable Disk (H:)
Thanks for any help you can give me.

~fixed it.
steps taken:
Opened up My Computer, right clicked on my ipod H:\ drive, and went to format. Restarted my computer, and everything works fine again

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