My ipod isn;t recognised by my computer anymore???

About a month ago Apple sent me a 'new' ipod because my old ipod had many problems.. everything was going fine with it until I went on holiday last week.. I tried to plug it into my computer but I kept getting an error saying 'the usb does not recognize device' I didn;t install any new software. I tried connecting it to other computers but I still have the problem, yet other ipods work on my computer....
I was thinking, if I reset it would that make a difference but the thing is I only know how to reset it using itunes and since the computer isn't recognizing is, neither is itunes.
Is there some other way to reset it?
P.S I also won;t charge via usb but it will charge with my car charger.
My warranty also ended 3 weeks ago so without contacting Apple is there some way to fix it?

BUMP please guys, if anyone know what the problem could be please help me/

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