ITunes not even recognizing that my iPod is even there

I connect my iPod classic to iTunes and it doesn't even recognize it is even there, but it shows in the iPod display screen that it is connected. Need to try to do a restore on the iPod, but cannot if iTunes doesn't even show that it is there. Any suggestions?

Hello afirkowski,
And welcome to Apple Discussions by the way,
What have you tried so far? Have you tried using a different USB cable if at all possible? Tried plugging into different USB ports located directly on your PC? Maybe try resetting the iPod with it still connected to your computer. To do this, toggle the hold switch on and off, then press and hold the Select (Center) and Menu buttons together until the Apple logo appears.
Otherwise, another suggestion, would be to force the iPod into *Disk Mode*. Doing so may at least help your iPod show up as a mounted drive in "My Computer" and possibly iTunes as well.
[Putting iPod into Disk Mode|http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1363]
Lastly, I would continue working through the other recommended troubleshooting steps for this situation outlined in this Apple support document.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1369?viewlocale=en_us
B-rock

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