IPod Mini Aggrivation (Doesn't Show Up AT ALL)

I've read a couple of the other complaints on the Mini...but I just want an answer for mine. In actuality, it is my sister's iPod...and she can't fix it so I tried. She tried to update it on the updater and after that everything went wrong. The folder with the exclamation point came up so I tired to reset it. Nope. Then I put it into disk mode. I plugged it into my computer (everything on my computer is fully updated including iTunes) and it doesn't register anywhere. I followed some of the steps about going into the disk managment and that wasn't too clear. I just want it to show up so I can restore it! >_<
Oh, and when I went to the iPod updater it froze.
And this may be irrelavent, but every now and then my computer is telling me that it found spyware and blocked it...Win/Pcast. ::shrug::
HELP!

This is more or less the solution. I've made a backup of my music collection at another harddisk. Then I trashed the whole iTunes library and renewed it from my back-up. Next step is to reset the iPod (hold button in centre and below at the same time). Then restore the iPod-software and sync it with iTunes. I did this 2 days ago and my iPod is still back in the land of the living. So thank you very much Tamzon.

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