IPod won't restore to factory default

Had to do a restart(the menu & select button) after it froze while on a laptop with windows vista while trying to sync music. Since then, trying to do a restore on both the laptop w/ vista AND my PC w/ XP and i get the same message every time. The iPod after every restore reads "Connect to your computer. Use iTunes to restore." and plugging it into iTunes it says "iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode. You must restore this iPod before it can be used with iTunes" After EVERY restore this has happened, I have tried putting the iPod into Disk Mode beforehand and leaving it to charge for like 4+ hours and nothing seems to be working. Any help would be appreciated, Thanks ahead of time!

By outlet do you mean a USB port on your computer?  If so does your I pod show up in iTunes?  If not you will have to follow the appropriate steps for your iPod not showing up in iTunes for your particular OS.  Are you using a Mac or a PC?

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