IPod not showing up in itunes, iPod screen says Do Not Disconnect

I just got a nano, and installed the itunes software on the computer. It was working fine, I even put some songs in it, the Do Not Disconnect screen came up, and so I hit the eject button. As soon as I did that, the PC froze and so did the nano. Now, whenever I put the iPod in the USB port, and open itunes, the Do Not Disconnect Screen comes up, and the iPod is not listed under the Source list in itunes. What can I do?

That happened to me on numerous occasions. if you have more than one user on your computer using itunes, it may be connecting to the other user.
also if you have a window's computer, this link may help.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61711
good luck!

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After playing fine the entire weekend, where it was hooked up to a dock and plugged into an electrical outlet, on Monday my iPod (20G scroll wheel) went into a strange procession of modes. First when I tried to play an album, it just fast forwarded through each song and returned to the main menu. It did this several times. I shut it off and then when I tried to reset it, t went through a series of clicking sounds like it was searching for something. Then the folder with exclamation icon appeared.
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