My iPod 4th gen isn't showing up in iTunes after I tried restoring it?

My iPod's been having some problems so I decided to restore it and start afresh. I plugged it into my laptop, restored via iTunes (as I have done so a few times before successfully), and it seemed to be going good. But then a message popped up saying "iPod could not restore. An unknown error occured"... My iPod is now stuck on the connect-to-iTunes screen, and is not recognised by iTunes when I plug it in. Also, my home button doesn't work, so I'm not able to get it into recovery mode

You said you received this err; ""iPod could not restore. An unknown error occured".". Wast that ther complet wording of the error message? Frequent an error number or other informaton is aso included inthe error message
You can also try placing the iPod in recovery mode using one of these programs and then ry restoring:
For PC
RecBoot: Easy Way to Put iPhone into Recovery Mode
If necessary:
Download QTMLClient.dll & iTunesMobileDevice.dll for RecBoot
For MAC or PC       
The Firmware Umbrella - TinyUmbrella

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