Everything deleted & iTunes & Updater doesn't recognize iPod

Yeah, that's my problem. Funny thing is, I didn't do anything to the iPod to cause the problem. One day I was just adding songs to the iPod & using it like a hard drive (things I've done before with no problems) & then I turn it on two days later to find all my songs deleted. It was returned to factory settings when I didn't do anything.
I hooked iPod up to my computer & it's not recognized by iTunes or the Updater. My computer, however, recognizes it & says that the iPod has the memory it did before the problem. I read the article for when iPod isn't recognized by iTunes or iPod, but I don't know if this would also apply because I also have the another problem. I didn't try this yet because I gave my iPod to some one to help me. He couldn't solve my problem so I'm turning it over to all of you.
Thanks so much!

Try Resetting Your iPod while it's connected to the computer.
Hold down the Menu and Select buttons until you see the Apple logo (or Menu & Play/Pause in older models).
This will often get it recognized. It may take several attempts.
Also See:
Your Windows PC doesn't recognize iPod
iPod does not appear in iTunes or on the desktop
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laptop to the secondary, and the 2nd Gen Nano isn't
being recognized by ITunes on my primary laptop, only
my secondary laptop. However Windows recognizes the
Nano just fine on the primary laptop on all 3 USB 2.0
ports (I haven't tried my Mini recently), and I can
browse the file system of the Nano, but ITunes just
doesn't see it.
As I mentioned, my secondary laptop works just fine
with the Nano, both Windows XP AND ITunes recognizes
it and can update it, but I don't want to have to use
that computer JUST for updating my IPOD, and pretty
soon I need to back up my primary laptop to my
secondary. I've actually only been holding off on
that because I can't get my Nano to be recgonized by
ITunes with my primary laptop and don't want to screw
them both up. Cloning my secondary laptop to become
my primary isn't an option, the file system is many
months outdated, I need to get the Nano working with
ITunes on my primary laptop.
This is definitely a software/driver/service issue, I
can take the hard drive out of my secondary laptop,
put it in my primary, and ITunes will recognize the
Nano just fine. I can take the hard drive out of my
primary laptop, put it in my secondary, and ITunes
can't see the Ipod. I've upgraded ITunes twice on
the primary laptop in the last few months with no
improvement, so that hasn't helped.
I really don't know what else to do at this point, I
was under the impression that any drivers needed are
installed by ITunes, and as long as Windows
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should be fine and ITunes should recognize it. I've
checked my services and there is only one IPOD
related service that I've found (it's actually called
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running and starts automatically. I presume that
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