IPod not recognized by computer at all

Recently my brother made the wonderful decision to connect his ipod to my itunes so he could share all my songs. Now my computer doesn't recognize my ipod at all. I plug mine into the computer and nothing happens. When I plug his into the computer, it syncs all of the songs and charges and everything. I tried reinstalling the ipod software but nothing is working. My ipod is a 5th generation and his is a nano 3rd generation. How can I get the computer to recognize my ipod instead of his??

Well start with these articles and see if that gets you anywhere...
iPod is not recognized properly by computer when USB drivers are not installed properly or are out of date
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305136
iTunes for Windows: iTunes 7 doesn't recognize iPod
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304434
iPod missing in "My Computer" or in iTunes for Windows
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61711
Also you might try forcing the iPod into disk mode first, then connecting it to your computer and see if that makes it show up in iTunes...
Putting iPod into Disk Mode
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93651
Patrick

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Hello Triguy60,
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305136
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