Windows and iTunes do not recognize my iPod..... HELP!!!!!!

Hello!
HELP PLEASE!!! Windows Vista and iTunes do not recognize my iPod!! I dont understand why because everything went well for at least 2 weeks!! But now, my Ipod only appears even more in my computer, so ITune do not recognize on.
I need your help before remove ITune and all Apple produces. This is what I do if I made a following Apple support but before mde this, I need your help for to see if there's something simple to try before.
I'm open to any good suggestion!
Thank you!
Zazzz
P.S. Sorry for my English, I do my best.... because i'm french.

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one day i plugged my 80g classic in to charge and sync. itunes diagnosed my ipod as corrupted and said please click restore,so i did now my windows computer and itunes does not recognize it at all i have a new 1g shuffle and it works fine. wat do i do with the classic cause i miss the space and it still turns on and everything. Help!!!! Please

Start with these articles and see if that gets you anywhere...
iPod is not recognized properly by computer when USB drivers are not installed properly or are out of date
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305136
iTunes for Windows: iTunes 7 doesn't recognize iPod
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304434
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Also you might try forcing the iPod into disk mode first, then connecting it to your computer and see if that makes it show up in iTunes...
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93651
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1493
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4. restart computer
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