Ipod does not show on itunes and does not restored when it asked to

I'm helping a friend.
Her ipod nano 4gb is not showing either on My Computer or the iTunes.
Yesterday the ipod can be detected and I did found out that the backlight of her ipod was not functioning. Going through the Ipod Settings is not resolving. But this is not the case.
I have managed to charge like one hour and fix some songs inside and even put a video inside.
Unplugged it and smoothly functioning iPod except for the non-functioning backlight.
Today however, the ipod refuses to turn on.
I plugged it to iTunes and it detects again as Ipod DFU Recovery bla-bla bubble and on the iTunes dialog boxes mentioning that the iPod needs to recovery. But it failed. It says waiting, preparing to recovery and failed. It does this over and over but nothing happens.
I tried pressing the Menu and The Center simultaneously while iTunes preparing for recovery. It showed a window saying that "an iPod has been detected, but could not be identified properly. Bla-bla. An unknown error occurred (2005)"
No info on Apple website about error code 2005.
Can anyone help how to tackle this problem?
fyi,
My machine running XP Pro sp2
iTunes 8.1.1.10
I own a iPod 3rd gen Click wheel (over FW) and an iPhone 2G (over USB) which all of it sync smoothly.

If your iPod is being recognised by Windows you could try this manual method of accessing the iPod's hard drive and copying songs back to iTunes on Windows posted here: MacMuse - iPod to iTunes
If you prefer something more automated then there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the music files and playlists from your iPod, this is just a selection. Have a look at the web pages and documentation for these, they are generally quite straightforward. Again if Windows is recognising the iPod these may too.
YamiPod Mac and Windows Versions
iGadget Windows Only
iPodCopy Mac and Windows Versions
iPod Access Mac and Windows Versions
PodUtil Mac and Windows Versions
iPodCopy Mac and Windows Versions
PodPlayer Windows Only
CopyPod Windows Only
If you can get your songs back to the computer then have a look here:
iPod shows up in Windows but not in iTunes
iTunes 7 for Windows doesn't recognize iPod

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