IPOD recognized by windows but not updater...can someone help me?

Hi all,
Any help would be greatly appreciated on this one.
My IPOD's old hard drive (10G) went kaput and I bought a new one (the new HD is 15G). I installed the new one and now windows is recognizing the IPOD as an external hard drive but not as an IPOD.
The IPOD is a 3rd generation, 15 gig IPOD without the dock connector.
I am guessing that this is linked to why the IPOD updater won't recognize the IPOD either.
Does anyone have any device for me?
Again, thanks for taking the time to help out!!

You could try a format of the iPod in Windows. A full format does a check and remap of bad sectors on the iPod hard drive, and you would need to restore the iPod as normal (using the iPod updater) afterward. This can also work when the iPod is recognized by the computer, but not by the updater.
First, put the iPod into forced disk mode.
See: How to put the iPod into disk mode.
On your PC, go "my computer" and right click on the iPod, then choose "format". Ensure the settings are at "default" and that "quick format" is not checked. Now select "format". It will take a while, but when that's finished, restore the iPod using the updater.
If you need to, reset the iPod to exit disk mode.

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