My itunes no longer recognises my ipod - help!

basically, my ipod reached its capacity a week ago and so went a bit crazy with this playlist malarchy but i fixed that telling it to update everything when it connects to the computer,
however it no longer connects up to itunes when it is connected. my computer makes that usb noise when i plug it in but i can not get any of the things to do with my ipod (ie itunes or ipod updater) to work
please help!
yaz, uk
iPod mini, blue, 6gb Windows XP

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