Windows recognizes ipod but updater or itunes not

hey folks i need help pretty bad. i do have 30GB ipod photo. when i plug it in to power suplly it's not getting charged,windows recognaizes it as a removable harddisk but when i open i-tunes it doesn't recognizing at all neither ipod updater. when open it i just have the folder icon with an exclamation point and nothing is happening. so i hope you guys can help me out.

There are couples of issues here,let answer one by one .
For Cemil ..
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93716
For folder of an exclmation mark
Press "Select"+"Play" keys and put it in Disk Mode and plug it back with your PC, open the iPod updater and click RESTORE.
If still can't get your iPod recognized (I copy it from MarkJones)
1. Quit iTunes
2. Open the Task Manager (CTRL-ALT-Delete)
3. Click the Processes tab
4. Locate the following processes (if they're present), and end them:
-iPodService.exe
-iTunesHelper.exe
-iTunes.exe
5. Restart iTunes

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