Help with a used ipod

A friend sold me her old ipod when she got a new one but did not have the original install software.
I have set up iTunes but when I plug in the nano the usb is not recognizing it and it is not showing up under devices in iTunes.
is there a way to obtain the software without buying a new nano?
fingers crossed I did not ger hosed on this

The software for the iPod should already be installed on it, and iTunes version 7 can be downloaded here.
iTunes download.
Then try another port on your computer. Some ports are not connected direct to the motherboard and do not recognize the iPod as well as those that are. Reset the iPod each time you connect it to another port.
Then try with the iPod in forced disk mode.
Putting iPod into disk mode.
Still no joy, see these.
iTunes 7 doesn't recognize the iPod.
Your Windows PC doesn't recognize iPod</font color</a>.
iPod appears in Windows Explorer but does not appear in iTunes.
iPod does not appear in iTunes.
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want their name to
> appear in the first line. eg.. Welcome back 'David'
>
> I read a tutorial in the past that tought me to send the
users id in the
> URL
> and then create a record set on the mainpage that was
filtered by the URL
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> I have forgotten how to do this and the tutorial is no
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> Adobe's site.
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