Old 5th gen video restoring and recognition problem

Briefly - 5th gen video colour screen 80gb ipod got soaked, died. Tried reviving today (over a year later) and found I could get to disk mode (after whacking it one on it's side - who knew?). Okay, tried restoring it through itunes who then gave me 1429 error message. I tried the various options for that error message until I got to restart your computer...now, although I can get the ipod into disk mode it is not being recognised by itunes. It appears in system information but nothing of any use is happening now, excepting it is 'alive' in disk mode and making a less clicky 'scratchy' sound and showing the battery being charged. Any advice? Help?

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