My iPod doesn't sync to my PC

Hello all,
Recently I got a new PC. My iPod Touch (not sure which version, got it for Christmas last year) was set up with the old one, and so I downloaded iTunes on this new one today. All went fine, I connected my iPod to the PC via the USB cable and got a pop-up saying new software was available for my iPod. My old computer was crap at downloading anything so i hadn't synced it with that in about two months, so it hardly surprised me. Ok, so I told it to upgrade to the new iOS version. At some point it said there was an unknown error. All I was offered was an OK button, so I clicked that. Ever since I've not been able to use my iPod.
It says that it wants to be connected to iTunes whenever I start it. But when I do that, iTunes just doesn't recognise there's an iPod hooked up to the laptop, so it wont help me fix the problem. I already tried removing the iPod and then plugging it back in, restarting the whole laptop, resetting the iPod, but it keeps giving me the same "Connect to iTunes" screen... Also, I can't restore the old version cause it doesn't show in iTunes. I really dunno what to do anymore Can anyone help me? Thanks in advance

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