Ipod video to windows

Please help!
OK I bought the ipod video. I loaded all the music from a friend's library (on my friend's computer) into the ipod and now come home, install the itunes on my computer, plug my ipod into my computer, see the library in faded lettering on the itunes library screen but how to get the ipod to play music on my computer?
What am I not doing? thanks

Yeah, I have done the 5 R's already besides restore... I really don't want to restore unless I have to, but even if I wanted to restore I couldn't because that would require me to have ITunes see the IPod.
Thanks for your help,
Maybe someone else I have some more ideas

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