ITunes & iPod Nano difficulties

I've been using iTunes for awhile now, but just recently received an iPod Nano as a gift. I connected the iPod, and iTunes automatically recognized it, and appeared to to download all of my songs and playlists onto the iPod.
When the iPod is connected, it appears in iTunes just fine, and iTunes claims that all of my music is on the iPod. However, the iPod disagrees, and I see none of my music on the actual iPod itself.
I've updated and reset the iPod, as well as checked for iTunes updates (I'm up-to-date) to no avail. Any suggestions?

Thanks for the quick reply. When I get to 'Disk Management', no drive letter or listing for the iPod appears on the list (yes, the iPod is connected with through USB port, and is recognized by iTunes).Any suggestions on how to assign a drive letter to the iPod?

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Make sure you have installed the latest iTunes software from www.itunes.com/downloads. Try connecting to a different USB port on your computer. Your computer needs a USB 2.0 port or a USB 3.0 port to connect iPod nano. If you have a Windows PC that doesn't have a USB 2.0 port, in some cases you can purchase and install a USB 2.0 card.
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