IPod frozen/not read by computer

I turned my computer on today only to see that iTunes was not recognizing my iPod. Later, in the spot on iTunes where the device usually showed up, it said "IPOD" but nothing else. I hit eject and removed the iPod but it seems to be frozen on the "Connected - Eject before disconnecting" screen. I tried to reconnect it but I got a message in my system tray saying "USB does not recognize this device."
The screen is still frozen and I have tried numerous times to shut it off. Any ideas?

Thank you. However when I opened iTunes I got a message saying that the iPod could not be identified correctly (or something like that) and is still not showing up in iTunes.
And how does one go about doing a restore (once iTunes identifies the iPod, of course)?

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