IPod Stuck in recovery mode... help please!

I was updating my iPod's OS from 2.0 to the latest OS, 4. Midway through the update, the power went out in our city (Los Altos Hills) and the iPod reverted to recovery mode. Now, when I connect the iPod to my computer and try to restore it, I get to a certain point and iTunes closes on me and a popup says iTunes cannot recognize the device. No matter how many times I've tried this (and restarting my computer and iPod), nothing seems to be working. Help would be realllllyy great.

Error 20, 21, 23, 26, 28, 29, 34, 36, 37, 40
These errors typically occur when security software interferes with the restore and update process.
FollowTroubleshooting security software issues to resolve this issue. In rare cases, these errors may be a hardware issue.
If the errors persist on another computer, the device may need service

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Sorry, must pay more attention to the profiles:>) Unfortunately that link is the only one I know of that refers to the recovery mode problem. I'll have another dig around and if I find anything else I'll let you know. The only other thing I can think of is to run Disk Utility repair on your iPod and see if that helps. It's a shot in the dark I'm afraid.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3743
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HI
Updated mt ipod touch to 4.0, evrything was goimg well then a got message to install device driver, windows cant find driver and my ipod is stuck in recovery mode! itunes doesnt detect it either (reinstalled itunes and upto date)
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posted a screen shot to so you can see what messages im getting.
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Hi
the first link did the trick. itunes now recognises my ipod but as it is restoring i get a error that says "ipod could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (21)"
so it wont restore now! I copyed the error report, here's what it says.
2010-06-29 22:44:33.485 [4120:810]: restore library built Jun 8 2010 at 18:17:31
2010-06-29 22:44:33.486 [4120:810]: iTunes: iTunes 9.2.0.61
2010-06-29 22:44:33.486 [4120:810]: iTunes: Software payload version: 8A293
2010-06-29 22:44:33.564 [4120:1314]: iTunes: Specifying UOI boot image
2010-06-29 22:44:33.565 [4120:1314]: requested restore behavior: Erase
2010-06-29 22:44:33.579 [4120:1314]: amai: AMAuthInstallPlatformCreateDataFromFileURL: can't resolve file
2010-06-29 22:44:35.369 [4120:1314]: amai: AMAuthInstallRequestSendSync: received tss response (server version: 0.6.31-b2)
2010-06-29 22:44:36.025 [4120:1254]: iBoot build-version = iBoot-889.24
2010-06-29 22:44:36.026 [4120:1254]: iBoot build-style = RELEASE
2010-06-29 22:44:36.027 [4120:1254]: AMDeviceIoControl: GetOverlappedResult failed
2010-06-29 22:44:36.027 [4120:1254]: AMDeviceIoControl: pipe stall
2010-06-29 22:44:36.027 [4120:1254]: USBControlTransfer: error 31, usbd status c0000004
2010-06-29 22:44:36.027 [4120:1254]: command device request for 'getenv radio-error' failed: 2008
2010-06-29 22:44:36.027 [4120:1254]: radio-error not set
2010-06-29 22:44:36.029 [4120:1254]: unable to open device_map.txt: No such file or directory
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2010-06-29 22:44:36.031 [4120:1254]: interface has 1 endpoints, file pipe = 1
2010-06-29 22:44:36.031 [4120:1254]: <Recovery Mode Device 07B08260>: operation 4 progress -1
2010-06-29 22:44:36.111 [4120:1254]: <Recovery Mode Device 07B08260>: operation 42 progress -1
2010-06-29 22:44:37.150 [4120:1254]: <Recovery Mode Device 07B08260>: operation 5 progress -1
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