My iPod is no longer recognized by my computer

Hello, I'll try to explain what is happening.
When I connect my iPod into the computer it's no longer recognized as a drive. It recharges ok, but I simply can't do anything more.
I've tried probably all the articles on Apple site, the only thing I couldn't do is restoring my iPod, because it's not even recognized by the updater.
I know that many other users experienced this problem before, but I couldn't find an answer, so if someone have ANY idea, please post here.
  Windows XP Pro  

I have the same problem...but unfortunately I think its the hard drive that failed and I've only had this iPod 3 weeks (bought it used on ebay because I wanted to use accessories that only work on a 4th Gen. pod) Now I'm in the market for a cheap functional 20m GB HDD or an iPod with a different problem, click wheel bad, e.g. [if case you know of one]
Here's what I found, finally, to diagnose the problem (even the Apple store geniuses couldn't decide if the HDD or the control board or both were bad.) I found this on Apple's site.
Even if your computer won't see your iPod, you may be able to run "Diagnostics". On my 4th Gen 20GB, the way you do that is press Menu P/B and Select P/B at the same time for at least 6 secs to reset it, then while the Apple icon is displayed, hold the Back P/B and Select P/B at the same time-you'll know when you're there (again the second part may be diff. if you have a diff. unit-search Diagnostics on Apples support page.) Anyway, there are prompts and the rest is fairly intuitive. If your SCAN works your hard drive is probably OK-lucky you. If you check RAM or 5 in 1 and it comes back bad your control board is probably bad. There are battery checks and several other checks. Good Luck

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