ITunes recognizes wrong Ipod, displays capacity as 4mb

Hi
I have a 2 gig Nano, All of a sudden, Itunes reads its capacity as 4 MB instead of 2 GB.. Im not able to put it any songs, and Itunes also displays weird statistics.
Ive tried resetting, restoring, reinstalling.. all to no avail. Please help! Here are pictures of whats actually happening:
http://www.geocities.com/coolrazor_2000/itunes.JPG - Notice the bottom right status, Used -18 GB ??
http://www.geocities.com/coolrazor_2000/updater.JPG - Capacity 4 MB?
Thanks to all those kind souls who help out!
IBM T43 Windows XP Pro

Startng wth the iPhone and iPod Touch, Apple stopped supportng "disc mode" (and that's why your iPod Touch isn't "Aplle format" or "Windows format"). You access the musc, apps, calendars, etc. through iTunes, and you access the photos through the camera interface.
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