Save pictures from 5th Gen iPod Touch stuck in Recovery Mode

My iPod Touch has never had any issues until the other day when the battery died and when I recharged it, the screen shows the connect to itunes graphic. If I connect it to my MBP, I get the message "iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode. You must restore this iPod before it can be used with iTunes".
I have several hundred pictures on here that were never backed up to my MBP or iCloud, so I'll lose all of them if I restore. I tried to force it out of recovery mode with various patterns of holding down the power and home button without any luck. I've also downloaded RecBoot and using that to force it out of recovery mode doesn't work either.
Are there any ways to either 1) get it out of recovery mode and working like normal without doing a hard restore or 2) rip all my unsaved pictures off it and then do a hard restore?
Thanks!

1) No
2) No
They are gone. You should be importing them to your computer regularly as you would wiht any digital camera

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It's running IOS 6 and I'm hoping that it's going to be an easy fix....
Can someone please help me to rid this annoying problem with my ipod...?
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Microsoft Windows 7 Business Edition Service Pack 1 (Build 7601)
Dell Inc. Precision WorkStation 390
iTunes 10.4.1.10
QuickTime 7.7
FairPlay 1.12.20
Apple Application Support 1.5.2
iPod Updater Library 10.0d2
CD Driver 2.2.0.1
CD Driver DLL 2.1.1.1
Apple Mobile Device 3.4.1.2
Apple Mobile Device Driver 1.57.0.0
Bonjour 3.0.0.2 (333.2)
Gracenote SDK 1.9.1.485
Gracenote MusicID 1.9.1.102
Gracenote Submit 1.9.1.133
Gracenote DSP 1.9.1.43
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WebKit accelerated compositing is enabled.
HDCP is not supported.
Core Media is supported.
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NVIDIA, NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM)
**** External Plug-ins Information ****
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**** Device Connectivity Tests ****
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Universal Serial Bus Controllers:
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Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27C9. Device is working properly.
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27CA. Device is working properly.
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27CB. Device is working properly.
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 27CC. Device is working properly.
FireWire (IEEE 1394) Host Controllers:
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**** Device Sync Tests ****
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I was looking for a way to get around that, as it sounds plausible. But i have had iTunes on a previous machine here at the office and it worked fine. Right now, the only option i have in iTunes with it connected is to "eject" the ipod. Not neccesarrily an error # message, but one does come up that says "iTunes could not connect to the iTunes Store. Make sure your network connection is active and try again"
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