Nano not recognized by ipod installer or itunes

Received a reburbed ipod for fathers day without software, dead battery so plugged it in to charge (bad idea)before any apple software was on my XP sp2 computer, computer found it as a harddrive disk, i deleted all folders as the music was not my desire(another bad thing).
ipod installer will not find. I am in a USB 2.0 port, I have re-formatted the device to be fat32. the ipod nano will not reboot holding the keys down, everytime I connect it shows the zzz's and computer finds as a harddrive only. I have installed/uninstalled itunes and ipod installer a few times, no success with issue. Currently I reinstalled only the ipod installer.
What shall I do? Also, my serial number shows that warranty service is left on it, it does not have a hold key but a on/off switch older model perhaps?
I am thinking that I must have deleted something on the harddrive to help the ipod installer identify it. I believe the ipod is probably fine, just unsure about why the restore keys for 6 sec thing doesnt work

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Try right clicking the iPod in My Computer and go to format? Does anything happen? Did you already do this?
Is the software currently installed and up to date?
iTunes
iPod Updater
Update iPod's Software
Does the iPod work fine when not connected to the computer?
Try the steps listed here...
iPod shows up in Windows but not in iTunes
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Welcome to Apple Support Communities! I'd take a look at this article:
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