Ipod updater has killed both of my Mini's

I downloaded Apples updater and tried to update both of my Mini's. Now they are telling me to plug into a wall adaptor. I plug them into an APPLE wall adaptor and NOTHING! They don't recognize the adaptor. Is there a special cable or something that apple doesn't tell you about?
Windows XP Pro

Did you get a solution to this problem as it has just happened me. I keep getting the plug ipod into wall icon, cannot reset it, restore it. It's completely frozen on that icon,
Any help appreciated

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