Ipod touch unable to restore?, Help.

I have been given an IPod touch from my sister as she brought a new one, because she was having problems with the IPod not connecting to her computer etc..
I have had the same problems with the IPod when connected to my computer e.g. USB not recognized, iTunes not picking IPod up when connected. After searching the Internet I decided to update my ITunes and Windows, ITunes was still not picking up the iPod when connected so I decided to ?restore the iPod its now frozen in restore, I can turn it off but nothing else, USB now recognizes IPod as 'IPod in recovery mode, you must restore before continuing.' usually after a few mins a bubble will pop up saying 'USB device not recognized, a device connected to this computer has malfunctioned'. ITunes now opens 80% of the time when the IPod is connected but is unable to complete the restore, the usual error is 1611 or 'the IPod could not be restored, device could not be found.'
I have tried to update the USB but am told that 'there could not be a better match for the hardware then the software the is currently been used'. I have restarted my computer and used all the different USB ports with no change and have tried connecting to a different computer (different computer wont recognize IPod at all). Sorry about my rambling but I'm stuck for ideas and probably should of just asked here first, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Regards Amanda

I hope this one works for me too, cause I have a similar problem...
instead of error 1611 it says error 2009...
i did everything apple writes about fixing that particular problem...didn't help one little bit....
i'm keeping my fingers crossed *g*

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