IPod Cannot Restore or Be Recognized

Having lots of issues with my iPod. Normally, once in awhile my ipod will get an error when putting music or videos on it, which causes errors when I plug it into the computer that it prompts me to fix by scanning for errors - but the iPod will work with whatever was currently on it. After awhile, I want to put more music on it, so I restore it and put it all back on again. This time that didn't work.
I don't know what or how it happened, but it just crapped itself. I tried troubleshooting normally, but when I went to update to the newest version of Itunes, I get more errors towards the end of installation which says "Service 'Apple Mobile Device' (Apple Mobile Device) failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient privilages to start system services." When I tried to manually start the service through the "Service" folder, I get the error: "Windows could not start the Apple Mobile Device service on Local Computer. Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion." Installation fails whether I chose to "retry" or "ignore" the Apple Mobile Device error.
I had to do a system restore, because after the failed installation of iTunes, i got error messages about a missing .dll file. Now my computer wouldn't recognize
the Ipod in the reverted iTunes, so I formatted the iPod through windows. Now, I get the following issues:
When I plug my iPod into the computer, ITunes will come up and immediately tell me "iPod Recovery Mode".
There is no option to restore iPod, just a summary tab showing my capacity (which is said to be zero KB) and software version (1.1.2)
If I click the "done" button, where my iPod's name usually is, it says " You need to turn on synchronization in iSync preferences before you can sync contacts and calendars".
When I go to My Computer, it's listed as Removable Disk (I:)
If anyone could help, I'd be most appreciative. I rely a lot on my iPod to help me relax at night or I get tons of anxiety and cannot sleep.

See this Discussion...
https://discussions.apple.com/message/18780544#18780544

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