IPod Touch 4th Gen froze on restore after updating to 5.0 and iTunes doesn't recognise my iPod now??

After updating to 5.0 my ipod is not recognised in iTunes and I lost everything on it. I have attempted several restores but it just freezes and now all I have is a usb plug on the screen and can't use it!! I have tried the holding button thing, uninstalling and reinstalling iTunes, using a different usb port and nothing works. I have even left it to restore over night and it hasn't moved. iTunes is enabled in my firewall and I am running an iTunes diagnostics atm. Help!

My ipod tunred white screen, but im not using it when it happens

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