IPod no longer connecting to PC

My iPod is no longer recognized when it is connected to my PC. I connect it with a firewire cable (not sure where my USB cable went). It is able to charge through the cable and the screen lights up when it is connected but neither my PC nor itunes recognize it and it doesn't display the "do not disconnect" message.
It used to work perfectly connecting this way and I have not made any major changes.
Any help would be appreciated.

I'm not here to help you, on the contrary, I'm having the same (or at least, a similer) problem.
My iPod (4TH Gen) used to work fine. One day iTunes tells me something like: iTunes has detected a iPod in recovery mode... having backed up my music before, I now pressed the recover button. It then told me to connect the iPod to the wall outlet charger. I did so. But after connecting it to my PC again, it started all over, telling me to recover... I repeated the process, and again it didn't work.
Somehow after a good few times it gave in, and started working. But only two days passed, and there you go once again. I'm caught in the trap of this never ending cycle, and I see no way out.
Go figure.
Private Windows XP Pro 1.7 GHz Intel Pentium 4

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