IPod touch randomly shows graphic of USB into iTunes

I have read other questions/replies but I didn't really read the answers that I thought pertained to me.
I have had my 4th gen iPod touch for 14 months now, been using it with no problem.
In the middle of being on it, the screen faded to black and shows the graphics of a USB plugging into the iTunes symbol.
I tried to press the home button and turn it off as well, but when I turned it back on, it went back to the same screen.
I plugged it into my computer, which won't even reckognize it (never happened before)
Not sure what to do next.
I read posts about restore and reset, but I wanted to be sure I knew what was going on.
I can't back anything up however, because like I said, the computer won't "read" it. I even tried another cord, a plug in, and tried another "i" product to make sure it was my particular iPod touch that was having the connection issue.
So here it sits, plugged into my laptop, with nothing happening and that dang graphic staring me in the face...
Any ideas community friends??
Thanks,
T

triespice2000 wrote:
If I am able to restore it, will I lose anything that was not backed up previously?
Yes.
To minimise loss... Restore from the most recent Backup...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
Restore from Backup
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766

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