My nano isnt working and the updater isnt working

i've had my nano for a few months, a little before apirl i think. and i havent been adding new songs for about a month. i recently got a new cd for my birthday and i wanted to import them into my ipod. the updater came up and said i needed an update. so i updated it. I DID NOT CLICK RESTORE. i made sure i didnt click restore because i've seen what happens to an ipod if you do. it erased ALL my songs on my ipod. then i disconnected it and reconnected my ipod and my computer and iTunes wont recognize my ipod anymore. i went to My Computer and right next to the F: Drive thing, it said removable disk instead of iPod. the computer still charges my ipod, but other than that, my computer doesnt recognize it.
i've tried the 5 r's, and it didnt work. i tried many solutions posted on the forums, but none of them have worked so far. i have also tried the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool but it requires me to use the updater, which isnt working.
if someone has some solutions, please email me at [email protected]
i dont have time to check back on this post, but leaving a reply to this message will help too.
Thanks in advance.

I FIXED THE PROBLEM!!! if you have this similar problem, follow these instructions. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE ONE THAT POSTED THIS!!! kznano
"Here is what I did folks after the 2006-06-28 updater did a number on two nanos.
I reformatted iPOD drive to FAT32 and then used the 2006-06-28 updater to restore. You lose all your data from the iPOD so have to reload.
Steps that I followed to fix:
1. Connect your iPOD and put into disk mode (hold down menu and select (center) until apple logo appears, then immediately hold down select(center)and play/pause until iPOD enters disk mode)
2. Find out what drive your iPOD is on by looking in My Computer (e.g. E:, G: or I:)
3. Go to start menu --> run
4. Enter cmd and select'OK'
5. Black dos box comes up
6. type "format I: /FS:FAT32 /Q (enter)"
(I: is the drive name - change to your drive if different)
7. type enter when it asks for the disk.
8. Leave disk label blank. (just hit enter when prompted)
9. After finish formatting use system tray to safely remove hardware from the drive.
10. Restart computer
11. Launch ipod updater
12. connect ipod
13. After recognizes iPOD - select restore
14. Let it complete restore successful - iPod may still show the do not disconnect
15. Disconnect ipod (again using system tray)
16. Restart computer
17. Launch iTunes
18. Connect iPOD should be recognized by iTUNES (FINALLY!!)
If not try uninstalling and reinstalling iTunes - then connect iPOD "
heres the link to the forum i found this in: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=451219&tstart=0

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