IPod 160 GB stopped working... now I'm sad.

I have an iPod 160 GB that after reset, only shows apple logo... when plugged into Mac, never appears in iTunes, and has old dos look with "do not disconnect" and blinking stop signal. Never does anything else... any ideas on how to get it to work again?
Was originally purchased over 3 years ago, but have made sure software up to date each time I sync.

Did you not have the iTunes library XML file on your external HD? Try reloading that, if you still have it. I believe this stores information of playlists and whatnot.
Otherwise, I guess you're stuck with looking at what songs you've had in your playlists on your iPod, if you didn't update it with the next iTunes, and dragging songs in.
Best of luck loosing iTunes information and preferences is painful.
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