Ipod is disconnecting as soon as it connects

OKay, so I may have rollay screwed up my ipod. I got a new ipod nano for Christmas and a Windows laptop. I had originally connected the ipod to my mac home computer and uploaded all the songs I wanted on to my ipod. I then plugged in my ipod to my laptop and it [the laptop] said the files on the ipod were not compatable with the laptop and if I wanted to change files and change the ipod to Windows. I clicked okay, knowing that it would delete everything off [I see now that this was a very VERY stupid idea]. I then took my ipod over to my mac and plugged it in, seeing if I could at least get the songs on to it. My ipod then synced with my mac itunes and uploaded all the songs in my itunes on to my ipod.
After I ejected it, I realized there was no music on the ipod. I plugged it back in and as soon as the computer recognized it, the ipod would automatically eject it. I tried different cords and even tried it on my laptop but it's still automatically ejecting [meaning I can not even click the restore button to restore the ipod]
PLEASE! Someone offer me any sort of help! I'm so angry and upset about this that any advice would be GREATLY appreciated!

I uninstalled itunes on my laptop then waited about an hour and connected my ipod to my mac (I just care that it will work on there) and all was fine and I was able to restore it

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