New laptop and installed itunes. won't recognize my ipod nano

I bought a new laptop. It has windows 8. when I connected my ipod nano it would not recognize it and pull in my data on the ipod

iDevices are not backup devices.
Copy the ENTIRE iTunes folder from the old computer to the new computer.

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Hello MArk.wijesinghe,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information on this, take a look at this article:
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
Best of luck,
Mario

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how new is the Notebook ?
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How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3716
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Philips Windows XP

Try: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=743515&tstart=15

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Hey,
So I have an Iphone 4s and I had the same problem with it and solved it by the "verify that the apple mobile device usb driver is installed". It wasn't installed and I installed it by the steps and now it works.
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So I have an Iphone 4s and I had the same problem with it and solved it by the "verify that the apple mobile device usb driver is installed". It wasn't installed and I installed it by the steps and now it works.
Tried to do the same to my Ipod nano 6th, and when I'm trying to install the driver (as I did with the Iphone, and as it says in the troubleshooting) I get the next message: "the folder you specified doesn't contain a compatible software driver for your device. If the folder contains a driver, make sure it is designed to work with windows for 64x-based systems".
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Detecting your device using itunes for an apple computer read this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1591
For a PC read this article:
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