Ipod not bieng recognised by computer or i-tunes

I need some help please! my ipod was fine just a couple of days ago but just recently my ipod would not connect to itunes or my computer. Now all my ipod does is charge off the computer but nothing else. i have followed all the steps in re-installing, updating, restarting, etc; but NOTHING works! any suggestions would be much appreciated.

My mini just started working, I'm not sure how though. I had been tryin to reset it for a while, among many other things,(holding menu and select down for 6 to 10 seconds) but it was not working. I tried restoring, I don't think I did it and I had been trying to do updates for a while. The last thing I did was go to the "/support/ipod" site and stumbled into the software update site and followed the instructions as best I could. The I connected the ipod and waited for a few seconds, then I held held menu and select down and the menu came up! I was amazed! I hope this may help someone, I have got to go to sleep now.

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Ipod not bieng recognised by computer or i-tunes

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