ITunes opens, but won't recognize my iPod

My iTunes suddenly quit recognizing my iPod.. I plug it into my computer, and Windows will recognize it, but iTunes doesn't show it plugged in! I tried everything on the help page for this, and I don't know what to do anymore...
windows   Windows XP  

Sooo.. I talked to the Apple people, which was a nightmare (the first guy was really very nice, but I could hardly understand the second lady... =/). The result is that tomorrow I'm going to the Apple store and talking to them. Nothing the phone people said seemed to help, and it ended with trying to format my iPod (which totally wiped it, so now I don't even have anything to listen to at all *mad face*) before my phone died.
Megan, I'm sorry I couldn't be of any help. If the store people tell me anything interesting (not likely) I'll be sure to pass it along.

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