My IPOD mini won't download my library

I just had a new harddrive installed into my IPOD
mini and now I can't get my music library to download
from the computor. HELP!?!?! I've tried the 5 R's and
still no music. Also,my computor won't acnowledge
the device. Any suggestions?
windows Windows XP Pro
windows
Windows XP Pro
windows Windows XP Pro
Please follow the link to the same question which i Answered recently: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=790287&tstart=0

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I am sorry for my long winded response & I hope that everything works out for you!
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