XP doesn't recognize Ipod after Restore !!

Hi all,
A friend lend me an ipod mini. I pluged it into my PC and it told me that an ipod was detected but it had to be restored to work with windows (my friend has a mac).
So i did with the last ipod updater. everything went fine.
But now that it's done and that the ipod is restored and working, my pc does not recognize it !!! it says "unknown device" ... Even the ipod updater doesn't see it !
does anybody have an idea ?? i'm leaving on holiday in a few hours and i really would like to take the ipod with me loaded with songs
tx !

tx for this.
unfortunately it didn't help me... i tried the whole list.
even on another computer the ipod is not recognized.
the strange thing is that, 10min ago, i unplugged it and replugged it and it was recognized during 10 seconds !!! the "do not disconnect" screen appeared on the ipod and a new disk appeared too... but that was just for 10sec...
really weird stuff. looks like i'll have to spend 2 weeks in creta without any music

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