ITunes doesn't see iPod Touch

I recently had to restore my Mac from Time Machine. Most things work fine, but iTunes does not see my iPod Touch. I'm not sure, but I think this backup was made just before I updated the Touch to iOS 4. I don't know if that would make a difference or not. Any ideas on how I can get these two talking again?

Same problem on my MacBook:
- iPod Touch directly connected to the Mac (built in USB port)
- iTunes 8.02
- iPod Touch 8 GB with Version 2.2
From one day to the other iTunes does not recognize the iPod. First messages says ".. you have to unlock the iPod..." then (when done) Error message "0xe8000001" appears.
Could not find a solution for me, even i found many users with Problem "0xe8000001" but the found hints do not help.
I tried to reinstall iTunes, but this does not helped.
The iPod is recongnized on an other (not my) Mac/iTunes - but I want to have it connected /synchronized on my Mac.
I can remember, that I runned some SW updates from apple (as I do every time when updates are displayed) in the same time when the error occured, but I can not say if this can be the reason.
My idea was to restore the iPod - but how to do this without iTunes?
Any idea?
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