Computer not seeing ipod

ok heres the store
my cuz sold me his ipod he told be to download xplay and i tryed it wouldnt run on my win 98 i dunno y it just wouldnt so i got some other prog called anapod anyway it said i need to get the driver so my ipod would show up on my comp so i googled it and found one then it said i need to format it so when i plugged in my ipod removable drive f or something popped up in "my computer" so i right clicked on that and hit format it did its thing and then i tryed using anapod that didnt work so i thought it was becuz of the wrong driver so i download something called "mydrivers" and got ride of what im pritty sure was the driver "USB Mass Storage device driver" now i think this is what happen my ipod still said "do not dis connect" and i think i did the ipod reset and my comp went into a blue sreen now then i restarted my comp then got a lot of different drivers for the ipod and its still not connecting my comp doesnt see it at all and i cant restore the ipod becuz i have win 98 plz help

my ipod is a 4G 20gb
i was thinkin if i could go over my friends house ( he has winXP) and restoring it think it would work

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