Itunes will not recognise my 4th generation 60gb ipod with colour display.

itunes no longer recognises my 4th generation 60gb pod. It connects the machine for a short time, but I cannot add anything or delete anything from the ipod. It then says safe to disconnect without having requested this. I am using a re3cent version of itunes.I do not wish to loose all my music by syncing the machine and at the moment that appears impossible anyway. Can anyone help?  And while I'm here, is there a simple way to remove gaps in playback on ipods ?  jonnyMDG

Hello alicee1303
If the computer recognized your iPod Nano, then the next step would be to try the steps in the following article to isolate and resolve the issue.
iPod: Appears in Windows but not in iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1363
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Regards,
-Norm G.

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