ITunes won't recognise my iPod. tried everything!

hmm...yes, well...
i reformatted my computer a couple of weeks ago..i backed up all my music on an external hard drive. the whole process was absolutely painless until i tried to sync my 5th gen 60gb iPod to my recovered itunes library. if iTunes (7) is running and i plug in the iPod, iTunes freezes for a while, unfreezes, and then...does nothing. if i close itunes at this point and then reopen it, it doesn't appear for about 7 minutes then appears and syncs my iPod perfectly! further problems occur when i try to eject it, however...it causes iTunes to freeze alltogether which leaves me with no other choice but to end the programme. I've tried everything i can think of...i ran the "iPod diagnostics" and it gives a green light on the first three tests and then a red on the "iPod connection status". i've tried everything on the help page the diagnostics screen leads me to (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93716) and nothing has had any effect. i've also tried restoring the iPod but that also causes iTunes to freeze! please help..
PS. apologies for incoherence and computer ineptitude..

remove itunes and quicktime
download Windows Installer Cleanup Utility (sept 2006 ver.3)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/9/d/e9d80355-7ab4-45b8-80e8-983a48d5e1b d/msicuu2.exe
reinstall with updated itunes (with quicktime)

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