IPod Touch not showing up even in My Computer

I have a new iPod touch and when i plug it in it makes the bell noise and in device manager it shows it but it will not show up in iTunes or my computer
This seems like a common problem now any easy fixes?

this is normal. it will only show up in My Computer if you have photos in the 'Saved Photos' section on your iPod (i.e. ones you have obtained on the ipod, by email/safari/screenshots). this is because the iPod touch does not work in 'disk mode' like older ipods, and the only reason you can access it in My Compter is so you can get at those Saved Photos in order to copy them to your computer/delete them (you can also delete Saved Photos on your iPod).

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