Ipod touch 2nd gen wont restore! Stuck in recovery mode

I wanted to update my ipod so I downloaded the neweset version of itunes, plugged in my ipod and it automatically said it needed to update the software. So I did, after about an hour when I thought it was almost finished, it said the update could not finish due to an unknown error. Then it said it detected an ipod in recovery mode and I needed to restore it. So I clicked on restore, it says its preparing the ipod for restore for about 15-20 minutes then says "ipod could not restore unknown _error 2003_. And now all I get is the screen showing itunes icon and usb plug goin towards it. I've tried unpluggin it and pluggin back in, I've made sure I'm using the latest version of itunes. Everything was fine before I plugged it in to update it. I dont care if I cant update it, I just want it back the way it was! Please help!!

Try using RecBoot to get it out of recovery mode.
Basic troubleshooting steps.
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