Ipod will not restore or update

My friend came over with her Nano and used it on my computer. When I plugged in my Ipod 80G classic into my computer, it said that it could no longer read the contents of the Ipod and to restore it. However, when I click "ok," it automatically disconnects my Ipod and I cannot get it to restore. I keep getting the message, "cannot read the ipod error 1436." It has erased all of my music off of the Ipod. I have uninstalled and reinstalled Itunes, have updated the drivers, with no luck.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Message was edited by: Coqui28

Start with these articles and see if that gets you anywhere...
iPod is not recognized properly by computer when USB drivers are not installed properly or are out of date
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305136
iTunes for Windows: iTunes 7 doesn't recognize iPod
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304434
iPod missing in "My Computer" or in iTunes for Windows
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61711
Also you might try forcing the iPod into disk mode first, then connecting it to your computer and see if that makes it show up in iTunes...
Putting iPod into Disk Mode
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93651
Windows confuses iPod with network drive or hard drive and may keep iPod from mounting or songs may seem to disappear
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1493
Cheers,
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