My 2nd generation ipod is not being recognized by laptop or ipod player and night before , it was

my 2nd generation ipod is not being recognized by my laptop or ipod player and the night before it was

I have followed all the 5-R's, resetting, retry,restarting, reinstall itunes, restore.  I realize this is an older ipod nano, but it works great but just not communicating with my laptop or ipod player.

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    Error 20, 21, 34, 37: These errors typically occur when security software interferes with the restore and update process. If you are using a PC, follow this article to resolve this issue.
    Above from:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3694
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    Source: http://www.apple.com/batteries/replacements.html
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    Message was edited by: keeferaf

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    See if moving the exsting backup to a safe location will allow a successfull backup since iTunes will create an entire new update file rather than modifying the existing one.  The file is located here:
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