The content on my iPod touch cannot be read

My nearly 4 week old brand new iPod touch 8GB's content cannot be read on iTunes and it says that I need to restore it, which I don't want to do, so could anyone help me? I would be really grateful if someone can as I have lots of content on my iPod.

- Try a reset and then connect. Nothing is lost
Reset iPod touch: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Try another cable
- Try another USB port
- Try another cable to help determine if you have a computer or iPod problem
If you still get the error all you can do is restore the iPod.

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