Itunes doesnt recognize Ipod, please help, getting frustrated!!

OK today I plugged my ipod into my computer to update it and magically it started updating, i dont know what I did but it updated the stuff that i have added recently. Yesterday it wouldnt update and it hasnt updated for the past 2 weeks. Now after adding a couple of more songs i go to update it again and nothing happens, now what is going on, I have uninstalled and reinstalled both the ipod updater and the itunes updater, the latest software is on my ipod, i reset my ipod because it froze last night, i dont know what to do, I am close to taking it to the apple store but im not sure what they could do about it. Is there something in itunes that I need to click so my ipod will be recognized, this is getting very frustrating, my ipod use to update every single time that I plugged it in, my computer is fairly new but my ipod has worked several times on this computer before, so please anyone HELP ME!!

i am having the same problem and i am going insane. It i had my ipod since christmas and never had a problem till this week. When i plug it in the ipod displays the "Do not Disconnect" but itunes doesnt pop up or show that the ipod is plugged in. When i try to update it the updater also says that the ipod isnt plugged in. I know have lost all the songs in my ipod but they are still in my itunes but it wont update. Somebody please help, its been about 4 days and im going crazy.

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