Ipod found on computer, but Itunes wont recognize it

Question

When i connect my ipod to my computer, it pops-up a window telling me that i have connected an ipod & then shows what is on the ipod. well about an hour ago from when i started typing this post, i connected my ipod ( worked JUST fine till i connected it, same with itunes ) and itunes told me i had to completely reset it. so i did. then it told me to restart my computer. i did. and now if i connect it. itunes doesn't realize it. i've tried: Changing the location where i plug it in at, Changing the "letter" of the USB drive it goes in, reseting my ipod, restarting computer, changing property settings, changing preferances, and still itunes will not "read" my ipod. I'm not even going to TRY to e-mail apple about this because i have several times using different e-mail *account types* such as hotmail, yahoo, inbox & g-mail so yah. its been loads of fun. i can't find any "support" posts about this so it shows that apple doesn't care, doesn't know about it, it isn't a big enough problem to worrie about, or they are just plain old lazy and dont feel like finding out what's wrong because its prob. just fine for them. so if anybody knows what i can do to change this please tell me! i've even gone to bestbuy and talked to the famous "geek squad" about it and of course, because they are suppost to get people to buy more products, they told me i need to either buy a new computer, or buy a new ipod. B.S.
It works just fine on my friends computer. but not mine so its showing that something is wrong with the itunes or my computer. I'd try uninstalling itunes then reinstalling it but if i do that then i have to RE-download all the songs and put them back on itunes. and finish updating the info because 99% of my songs are all MP3.
Is it even worth the effor though? should i just buy a new mp3 player and get Zune??? appearently zune is the best or close to it and itunes is falling pretty fall back in the top 10.

Answer 1

I had the same problem. I fretted over it for weeks, unplugging it and replugging it into the computer. Finally I took it into an Apple store, and they told me that my iPod was just slow. It was also connected to a PC, which of course does not agree with Mac products much at all. They replaced my iPod for free, and it worked ever since. It started having some other problems, though, so finally I caved and bought an iMac from Craigslist. Call 1-800-apl-care and they'll tell you more specific information if you need it, but your problem sounds like exactly what was wrong with mine.