Computer harddrive crashed, now restored, won't recognize iPod Shuffle

Hello,
My hardrive crashed and after the restore, I've lost all my playlists. I reinstalled iTunes, then connected the Shuffle, but iTunes won't recognize the Shuffle. I guess it would normally appear under "Store" on the left side of the iTunes page.
Please advise.

When I connect it to a powered port on the right side of eMac, I get no recognition from iTunes (or desktop).
Other USB devices used are keyboard and printer. (Soundsticks II in audio hole - unrelated I figure.)
iPod flashes green once, orange and green once, and then to orange flashing.
When installed both iTunes 5 and 5.0.1, computer wouldn't shutdown properly initially. I had to unplug powercord. And initial update of 5.0.1 bogged down and I had to force quit and try again.

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