I need help with a disabled ipod touch.

my friend gave me her old ipod touch.. and ever since she gave me it, it has been disabled. she didn't know how to fix it and neither have i.. i have tried everything.
everytime i connect to to the computer, it says that i have to unlock it through the passcode, but the problem is the numbers to enter it dont pop up.
it doesn't make sense to me.

"Reset iPod touch: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the
same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears. "
" iPod touch Still Doesn’t Respond After Reset
Reset iPod touch settings. From the Home screen choose Settings > General > Reset
Reset All Settings. All your preferences are reset, but your data and media aren’t
deleted.
If that doesn’t work, erase all content on iPod touch. See “
Resetting iPod touch” on
page 97.
If that doesn’t work, restore the iPod touch software. See “
Updating and Restoring
iPod touch Software” on page 111. "
"Reset all settings: Choose General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information, such as your contacts and
calendars, and media, such as your songs and videos, are not deleted.
Erase all content and settings: Connect iPod touch to your computer or a power
adapter. Choose General > Reset and tap “Erase All Content and Settings.”
This feature resets all settings to their defaults and removes all your information and
media on your iPod touch by overwriting the data stored on iPod touch. "
"You can use iTunes to update or reinstall iPod touch software, restore default settings,
and delete all data on iPod touch.
Â If you update, the iPod touch software is updated but your downloaded applications,
settings, and songs are not affected.
Â If you restore, the latest version of iPod touch software is reinstalled, default settings
are restored, and data stored on iPod touch is deleted, including downloaded
applications, songs, videos, contacts, photos, calendar information, and any other
data. In iTunes, you can also restore from a backup without deleting data stored on
iPod touch.
Deleted data is no longer accessible via the iPod touch user interface, but is not
permanently erased from your iPod touch until it is overwritten by new data. For
information about permanently erasing all content and settings, see “Resetting
iPod touch” on page 97.
Update or restore iPod touch:
1 Make sure you have an Internet connection and have installed the latest version of
iTunes from www.apple.com/itunes.
2 Connect iPod touch to your computer.
3 Select iPod touch in the iTunes sidebar and click the Summary tab.
4 Click “Check for Update.” iTunes tells you if there’s a newer version of the iPod touch
software available.
5 Click Update to install the latest version of the software. Or click Restore to restore.
Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the restore process.
For more information about updating and restoring iPod touch software, see
support.apple.com/kb/HT1414. "

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1386
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