Will not appear in itunes

my ipod touch is not apperaing in the itunes sidebar. it wont sync with itunes- i have tried so many things. Restarting my computer, shuting off and turning on my ipod, i installed the newest version of itunes, unplugged my ipod and plugged it back in, tried different USB ports but nothing seems to work. i dont know what to do! please help me.
Thank you

Hi, I was having what I thought was problems with one of my sons iPod mini that was not been seen by the PC or iTunes. The simple solution was there was not enough charge in the unit. Solution- fully charge unit then connect to PC. This may not help your problem but it maybe another thing to check.

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3. Go to Tab “Erase” , choose Volume Format as “MAC OS Extended (Journaled), and click Erase, again if fails, skip it and go to 4
4. Same as step 3, but open the “Security Options....” and choose “Zero Out Data” before click Erase. It will take 1 to 2 hours to complete.
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Hey Guys i suffered from this problem for a frustrating three weeks before i tried somthing completely random and it fixed my problem.
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1. goto start menu
2. Click control panel -> Administrative tools -> Computer management.
3. Click disk management under the storage tab.
4. Right click your ipod (must be plugged in and possibly in disk mode) and select format.
5. In the file system tab select "FAT" NOT "FAT32"!!, select 'perform quick format' and click ok.
After this step my ipod appeared in itunes as a corrupt ipod!
6. In itunes restore your ipod since it is now on the menu.
THIS FIXED MY PROBLEM!! i hope this helps anyone with the same problem. :D!!!!
It is really hard to find a real soloution for problems like this instead of the old "reinstall itunes" I REALLY HOPE THIS WORKS FOR YOU!

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