Two ipods - old one not recognized

I have an ipod photo 30G and a newer 60G video. With my 30G up and running, i connected the new 60g and loaded all my music - no problem. Since then, my pc does not recognize the older 30G photo. I gave up trying until it locked up and cleared all my stuff. I've tried updating and restoring. Neither work - I let both run and run and they return to the original update/restore screen/box and then never seen to actually finish (like restore should say finished and tell you to unconnect and charge or whatever). So I've been adding music to iTunes and after another failed attempt at connecting my 30G photo, I connected and successfully updated the newer 60G video.
Can anyone help here. I feel like a hostage

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