My ipod is not recognized by my computer or itunes

my computer crashed and i had to re download itunes on a new hard drive, i have songs on my ipod and my ipod is not recognized by either my computer or itunes, and

ipod is not recognized simply because it's not installed on your new system,the fact that itunes exist doesn't mean that ipod is as well ,try to reinstall ipod soft on your system
(with the apple ipod disk) once done the new system may accept it and so itunes

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First, itunes told me my ipod was corrupted so I rest ored it. Then itunes wouldn't allow me to add my music back on, it gave me many pop ups saying it couldn't sync because the folder could not be foundt Lots of reports saying it couldn't copy my music because of certain errors. I then checked for updates. I downloaded the latest itunes and now my ipod isn't h aeven recognized on my computer or itunes. I'm so frustrated I have been trying to figure out why this is happening for two hours atleast. PLEASE HELP!!!

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I have been trying to sync my new music from my computer to my ipod touch. I can't find my device on my itunes account. have tried trouble shooter - not working. any ideas? thanks.

Did you do everything here:
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
Including
Removing and Reinstalling iTunes, QuickTime, and other software components for Windows XP
or
Removing and reinstalling iTunes, QuickTime, and other software components for Windows Vista or Windows 7
New cable and different USB port?
Runs this and see if the results help with determine the cause
iTunes for Windows: Device Sync Tests
Try on another computer to help determine if computer or iPod problem
Make sure you have iTunes 11. Turn on the Sidebar. Go to iTunes>View and click on Show Sidebar. You can also do a Crtl+S to show the sidebar. The sidebar is where Devices appears. and Control+B to show the Menu bar

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I just purchased an iPod Touch today and it isn't showing up in My Computer or iTunes. My USB port is working because it recognizes other devises. I checked my USB port in Device Manager and it says Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller. I even uninstalled iTunes and installed it again. I'm just sick ... I have read everything I can find that might work, but nothing does.
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Thanks, Alex. The link you gave me says that there should be a Apple device listed with my USB's and it is not. I did find the driver USBAAPL.SYS in the Windows\System32 folder\drivers. Should it be somewhere else to work??? The Mobile Device Service is there and is started. I am completely iPod ignorant, but I did have a shuffle sometime back that worked just fine.
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Well, a few days ago my computer actually recognized my iPod - both iTunes and Winamp. After a while, though, iTunes lost the connection. Winamp lost it too, but after I deleted iTunes from my computer, it recognized my Pod again. I tried to sync Winamp with my iPod and Winamp said it was transferring music to my Pod, but after the "transfer" my Pod was still empty. I tried several times.
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My iPod is not recognized by my computer or iTunes. It worked fine a few months ago but now it doesn't even sync. I tried everything from turning it on/off, reinstalling iTunes, checking the connectivity issues and etc. After going through the connectivity test the only thing I found odd was that it said that the iPod classic running firmware 1.1.2 is not connected. Could that be the issue? And if so, how can I get that firmware running again?

I have the same issue with my ipod classic, and have gone through these steps. However, when i come to the step where it says to reinstall: "
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What displays on the iPods screen when you have it connected? I assume you have tried another known working USB cable?
Is iTunes up do date on your PC (currently at 10.7)?
Have you tried connecting to another PC or Mac?
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TS1410 my ipod is not recognized by my computer

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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300836
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305136

My ipod is not recognized by my computer

Help! My ipod is not recognized by my computer. I cant restore it or download on it. It was working fine until yesterday.

First of all, try another port on your computer. Some ports are not connected direct to the motherboard and do not recognize the iPod as well as those that are. Reset the iPod each time you connect it to another port.
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Your Windows PC doesn't recognize iPod.
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My iPod is not recognized by my Mac or iTunes... I have done the suggested "reset" and still no luck. I have also turned off Norton ... this hasn't made a difference either... Does anyone have other thoughts/ideas I should try?

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You may want to take a look at some of the trouble shooting steps in the article below.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1410
Hope that helps,
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Ipod Nano bough a feww years back was initialez on a different computer. I have unsuccessfully tried to syncrhonize on a different PC with Windows 7. Ipod not recognized by either Windows or Itunes. Thanks for supplying a solution to my problem.

Do one ore more of the following:
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> Go to My Computer (Windows XP) OR Computer (Windows Vista & 7) and see if your computer reconizes your iPod.
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I just bought a brand new Ipod Touch. I plugged it in to my computer and my computer will not recognize it but other things are recognized by the device manager. I installed and reinstalled the newest version of Itunes and it isn't recognized by my computer or Itunes. I checked the USB cables, restarted the computer, restarted the Ipod and did everything in the article iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows and it still can't be recognized!! What should I do now?!

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