IPod being mistaken for PC removable disk drive

I just got an iPod and made the mistake of plugging it in before installing the software. After several uninstall/reinstalls and resets I tried to restore it using the updater because iTunes refused to see it. Something happened and in the middle of the restore it gave me some kind of can not write error. The iPod showed up in my computer as a disk drive and when I tried to click on it it said that it was not formatted so stupidly I reformatted it and now it is beeing seen by the computer as a removable usb drive and the updater won't recognize it so that I can restore the factory settings... What should I do?

try to have it restored by a mac computer than try to restore it again to a pc.mine worked that way.though without having to say that i dont have any problems with the pod and windows

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