Ipod doesnt show up on my computer or itunes

I have a fifth gen ipod, worked fine for a little over a year. Now, it will still play music, but i cant synch it with itunes. it does not show up on my computer or in itunes, but when i plug it in, my computer beeps, signifying that something has been plugged in. i plugged in my sisters mini and it worked just like it should. i have tried all the tips on apples website, but to no avail.
Itunes did recognize the ipod once and said it was corrupt and i should restore it. I tried to do so but got an error message, something about files not available.
any help would be appreciated.

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Hey there april_lee!
I have a website for you that can walk you through the troubleshooting steps on your iPod classic. This will help you determine the source of your issue and hopefully get the iPod working for you consistently again. The website can be found right here:
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http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/classic/
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Cheers,
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Hey there AftabskinHow are you?
Well, I have an iPod Classic, it gave me the error -1436 error and would not restore on iTunes.
I did the following:
My Boss (@work) has a fairly old iBook but it has OS-X, so I decided to give it a try and connected my iPod to it.
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Finally, after the file extraction was done, it began to restore the iPod!!
I'm so happy about being able to restore the iPod that I decided to share with all you guys this solution as it is the most usefull, in my opinion.
Hope you can find someone with an iBook or a desktop Mac, so you can fix yours.
If it works for you, make sure to share the tip!!
Kind regards
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my ipod touch wont connect to my computer or itunes,
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and it just wont work. its not noticed in task manager
either.i dont know what to do, ive been working on getting
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