My Photo IPOD won't do my update!

Since day before yesterday I had fixed my photos in my windows xp and now I want to update my photos or songs in my Photo IPOD 40GB but since yesterday I try and connect the white cable to my computer and doesn't do anything but charge my ipod. What can I do? Replace something?
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