Windows nor iTunes does not recognize iPod anymore

I have a major problem that I can't comprehend.
OK, so my hard drive did some weird stuff on me and I had to repair it. Afterward, a whole bunch of things got messed up so I had to repair my Windows XP installation.
And now, when I connect the iPod, it doesn't show up in either Explorer or iTunes.
However, when I go to the Device Manager, I see that it knows it is connected. Also, when I go into Computer Management > Storage > Disk Management (Local), I can see the iPod. However, whenever I try to mount it under whatever drive letter, it does so, but I still cannot see it in explorer. Then if I restart it seems like it didn't do anything. Oddly enough, when I do assign it a drive letter, it does show itself in iTunes and starts syncing. However, of course it doesn't show in Explorer and it disappears again the next time I startup the computer.
I've tried everything from uninstalling/re-installing iTunes (down to the program files folder and Temp folder) to pretty much everything else in the Knowledge base.
I'm just stuck here. And I've just totally overhauled my computer a few months ago and do not want to do that again unless I ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT A DOUBT have to.
Thanks ahead of time for any help.
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I am having a similar problem myself.
Since I don't use system restore on my computer I am wondering if anyone has tried restoring their computer to an earlier date when everything was working?
Like I said in another post I have this funny feeling that this has been caused by a Windows crit update. My reasoning is because I have read about 20 similar posts with people ranging from bought it a few days ago to bought it a year ago or so. So the age of the Ipod varies and I don't think everyone of them had Itunes 7 installed yet. But like many things I could be wrong.

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