Restored iPod is not recognized

I just had to restore my iPod, and now afterwards my computer won't reconize it anymore. I mean like, I plug it in and nothing happens...I don't know what to do. The iPod doesn't even turn on by itself when I try to use it. Is there anyone that knows what I can do?

I am in the same situation.
New 5.5G iPod. I can connect to both of my Macs, but get the 'Can't update or restore' error messages.
The update and restore options are greyed out in the Summary screen and I only have the Music, Podcasts, and
I've tried restarting, restarting in Disk Mode, Using Disk Image to restore all to avail.
Apple tech support reccomended that I Archive and Install both Macs. That seems a little crazy to me, as I think the problem resides in iTunes 7 on the Mac.
I connected to a Windows machine, no problems. I get the update and restore options that are not greyed out and I can see all of the tabs (Music, Podcasts, Movies, Contacts, etc) in the Summary screen.
Any input would be great, thanks,
Trevor

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