Ipod not recognized in itumes. please help!

itunes will not recognize my ipod touch, i've tried almost everything.

Device Not Recognised
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
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iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch not appearing in iTunes

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Ipod not recognized by Itunes, please help!!

Hi,
When I connect my ipod to my computer the follwing message comes up-
"USB device not recognized- One of the USB devices attatched to this computer has malfunctioned and windows does not recognize it."
I've tried everything I can think of... downloading the latest software updates and the latest versions of itunes etc but still no progress.
When I attempt to configure the ipod using the software supplied with it or one of the software updates issued on the site the ipod and computer both freeze and nothing happens.
The Ipod is recognized by my computer but there is no sign of it in itunes.
Has anyone got any suggestions!?
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks, James

>I should mention that on my second try installing it I was able to upload songs to it, however it seemed that the songs I unchecked made it and the checked ones did not.
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Let us know,
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Hello Mr. Mai,
I would be concerned as well if my iPhone and iPad were not recognized by iTunes. Thank you for providing all the information with the steps you took in regards to this issue. I found an article with a few more steps you can take (you can skip the steps you have already taken):
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
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This sounds like a data corruption issue.
Anyway, this happened a month ago, and after consulting everything I could, including this forum, it seemed the only solution was to restore my iPod and loose all of its information.
Well, tonight it just happened again, and once again I had to wipe my memory clean.
Please, please tell me what I can do about this?=. Should I take it in to get serviced? (It's only 3 months old.) I just fear the same thing might happen again regardless.
An iPod with a one-month memory-life is pretty much worthless to me.
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Thanks for the response.
Well, it seems like the file-structer on the iPod itself keeps getting corrupt. On the iPod, suddenly everything other than one band disappears from the "artists" folder. However, everything appears under the "playlists" folder.
Also, interestingly enough, all my music playlists also appear under the video playlists. Oh and the one band remaining in the correct artists folder also has the playlist for that band in the "movies" folder
I'm a software engineer, even if there's a way to manually change the info files on the iPod, I am more than willing to give it a shot.
Also, I should note that today everything was fine on the way back from work; it only corrupted itself when plugging into the computer (and not even downloading anything!)
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As far as the iPhone not being seen in iTunes, the link below will provide some assistance.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1495
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