IPod Photo 30G won't mount

My iPod won't mount. I visited the Apple Store in London to see what software I needed to access RAW photos I downloaded from Canon 20D while in Africa. The helpful person there attached my iPod to a powerbook and it mounted fine and we opened one of the photos to see that everything was okay. I bought OS 10.4 and iLife '05 and downloaded all the updates. The system profiler sees that I have the iPod attached and shows its title and info but it won't mount; doesn't open iTunes or show up in iTunes or on the desktop. I took the iPod to a local retailer and they attached it to a new Mac with a different Firewire cable and also a USB cable, didn't mount but was seen by system profiler. The photos are from two months in Africa and the thought of losing them makes me sick. Any ideas?

Try Putting iPod into Disk Mode
If that does not help, have a browse through the iPod Troubleshooting FAQ
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