I-pod not recognized by vista or I-tunes

I am having trouble getting my nano to show up on my computer.
I have a 3g nano and using vista.
Here are the facts:
completed the 5 r's
Went into disk mode, which says "ok to disconnect" every time I do.
USB cable and ports are all fine.
external flash drives and hard drives I have all work with no problems.
Ipod worked fine and randomly stoped working.
When I plug i-pod into computer it lights up.
I-pod chargers and works fine.
Please help.

Hi, Im 11 Years Old And I Have A Black iPod Nano 3rd Gen I Got It From My Mom On Chrismas And My Mom Put My iTunes On A Disk On Accedent And I Plugged My iPod In My Compaq Windows Vista Yesterday And i Put The Disk In And iTunes Pops Up, My iPod Is Plugged In. It Shows This Weird White iPod And Its Not Mine So I Eject It Even Tho Its Not Mine And My iPod Screen Says Its "Connected Eject Before Disconnecting" And On The I Tunes I Doesnt Even Show My iPod To Eject So I Cant Eject It I Cant Do Nothing I Love My iPod But i Think Its Broken....Please Help Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God Bless You If You Have The Solution ~Alexis behr

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