Re-synching problem after iTunes purchase

My husband bought some new songs on iTunes & went to re-synch iPod Classic, but iPod screen went dark. He hit "restore" for the iPod (Don't ask!) and now the iPod keeps flashing "Do not disconnect." I have tried restarting the computer, changing USB port, resetting the iPod per the iPod Support instructions (and got the Apple logo & check mark at appropriate times), but the farthest I get is that the iPod screen flashes "Do not disconnect" and never goes past that. All the songs are on our playlist. It seems maybe the computer is no longer recognizing the specific iPod we are trying to synch??? My other iPod is working and synching just fine. Any ideas?

Close iTunes
Delete the iTunes folder and any othe folders that you believe iTunes is creating.
Copy the ENTIRE iTunes folder from the old computer to the new computer.
Hold <SHIFT> while launching iTunes.
When prompted to create new or locate an iTunes library, point iTunes to the iTuneslibrary.xml file in the iTunes folder.
Everything will now be as it was on the old computer.

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