Shuffle not charging/being recognised by computer

OK, so my shuffle was working prefectly well until last week when I was updating it. I was removing some songs from it when the light showing it was connected to the computer disappeared and it vanished from iTunes. Since then my computer won't recognise it and it won't charge, although it will still play, so I reckon the problem must be the USB connection on the iPod itself.
So I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem, and if they did how did they solve it?
Toshiba EA60-155 Windows XP

Hi -Sammi-,
Welcome to Apple Discussions
Have you tried "The Five Rs"? Does your iPod show up on your computer? You might want to look at Knowledge Base Document #301343 on iPod Not Recognized When Connected to Windows Laptop over USB and Knowledge Base Document #61711, which troubleshoots When Your Windows PC Doesn't Recognize iPod.
I hope that helps,
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