The Updater cannot "Mount" the iPod?

everytime I turn on, reset or plug in the iPod, the Apple comes up for like 10-20 seconds, then the folder with exclamation point comes on. When it's plugged in, it will shortly connect to the computer, then it will automatically reset and go back to the apple and so on and so forth. When I tryed using the latest updater, it said that it couldn't "Mount" the iPod, anyone?
thanx,
John

Hi Jasmes,
Welcome to Apple Discussions
Have you tried "The Five Rs"?
You may want to look at...
Knowledge Base Document #61584 goes over When the iPod Only Shows an Apple Logo and Doesn't Start Up
Knowledge Base Document #61711 on iPod missing in "My Computer" or in iTunes on Windows
Jon
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