Itunes does not even acknowledge my ipod mini anymore!!! help pleeease

last week my ipod mini worked fine, then yesterday it wouldn't connect intstead my comp kept saying that it was an 'unknown device'?? i followed the troubleshoot but it didn't help. so tonight i uninstalled itunes and reinstalled the latest version. The new one recognised m ipod once then froze, then it went bact to the 'unknown device' thing, now it doesn't even acknowled that it is even there!! can anyone help PLEASE!!!

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iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
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