Ipod won't turn on. Just getting icon prompting to connect cable.

HELP!!! I'm so worried i've lost everything.
I just did a software ipod for my 1993 20GB ipod and now it won't switch on. I get the usual apple logo, the whirring starts and then i get a symbol of the connector cable and then it turns off. I have tried resetting and that doesn't help.
What should i do?

Nooooooooooooooooooo..........
Surely there's someone out there, just one person who has even the littlest bit of advice?!!

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