Ipod Works with Windows, not with Itunes

Hi there. Three members of our family now have ipods. We were using them with 2 computers, with all three on each. It was only about two weeks ago that they stopped working with one of the computers. And not all at the same time, either. The 2nd and 3rd ipods connected to the desktop stopped working at the same time. The first to ever be connected remained working, but then stopped. These working/not working changes occurred around the removing (2nd and 3rd stopped) and then replacing (1st stopped) of our external hard drive. The drive letter for our ipods now reads 'C:', but our local disk has always been 'F:'.
I am using Windows XP SP2, the firmware is 1.0 for all of them. I used to have the latest Itunes and latest updater, but I recently reinstalled the CD that originally came with package, and now I have older ones. I tried everything on the support site's page "Windows sees my Ipod, Itunes doesn't."
I can't restore my ipod because the updator/ipod for windows doesn't detect it.
Thanks for any help.

I figured it out! I thought it had something to do with the ipod being remapped C:. So all I had to do was to change the drive to I: for Ipod, and put my Maxtor back to C.
:. problem solved.

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Please note that in my above post I stated that I did indeed follow the steps you outline below, which I originally found in Apple's main article on this topic. The result was that it worked temporarily. The iPod was recognized, but only until I ejected it. It only works once. If I attempt to connect the iPod again (either before or after rebooting), it is again unrecognized and I have to manually repeat the steps below to get it to work.
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