IPod icon does not appear in iTunes - pls help!

Hi everyone,
My iPod mini has been working fine lately - as soon as I plug it into my PC, the iPod icon automatically comes up in iTunes and my songs are updated.
However, today, I plugged it my iPod and the icon doesn't come up at all, hence none of my songs are updated. The usual "Do not disconnect" does not appear on the iPod - instead, all it does is start charging. I have done nothing different from other occasions.
Does anyone know what's wrong with it, and how to fix it?
Your help is greatly appreciated, and thank you in advance!

Linh,
Unistalling and reinstalling your iTunes should not cause you to lose your songs. The songs stored in the iTunes music folder remain unaffected.
However, if it makes you nervous to do this, see this.
Backing up your music files

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