Nano 6th generation won't be recognized by itunes

I've had the 6th generation nano for many months and up until a couple weeks ago, it was able to sync with itunes and be reconginzed. However, now when I connect it to my windows lenonova, it doesn't come up as a ipod but rather an external hard drive (keep in mind, not tech savvy with terms) and nothing comes up in itunes. Please help. I have reinstalled itunes, the drivers for the ipod, reset the ipod but don't know what to do now. Thanks.

Hello cocow67
Start your troubleshooting with the article below to get your iPod nano to show back up in iTunes. Check to make sure that it shows up in Windows, if it does not there is a link in the article to troubleshoot that part as well.
iPod: Appears in Windows but not in iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1363
Regards,
-Norm G.

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