ITunes won't put Ipod in source list

The Ipod says 'Connected' when I plug it in
It's fully charged
I just loaded iTunes 9.0.2.25
There's no source list in iTunes, so no Ipod to select
Ipod does not show up on Windows Explorer
Ipod appears to be in disk mode - Settings -> About -> 3rd screen to right shows serial number
Ipod does show up in Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> System -> Hardware -> Device Manager -> Disk Drives -> Apple iPod USB Device
Computer 'dings' when I plug the Ipod in, and I can 'eject' it from the eject devices safely icon on the toolbar. It shows up as Safely Remove USB Mass Storage Device.
What do I need to do to get the iPod to show up in iTunes?

I like beating my head against a wall and so kept looking into this. Finally found a post on CNET, related to SP 2 - you can't have something mapped to the drive after your last hard wired drive. iTunes or the iPod has to use that drive location. I had a network directory mapped to my E: drive, right after the DVD/CD drive of my laptop at D:. I moved that network directory to the end of all my mapped network directory drives to free up E:, connected up my iPod and voila!, there's my iPod in iTunes. The iPod synced right up and came alive.
I started this Friday night - it's Sunday night now. Just like an emergency room - never have an accident on a weekend - you won't get any help other than that you can give yourself.

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