XP doesn't recognize IPOD nano

Hy everybody,
I've got brand new Black iPod nano. After just three weeks of good workin I've plugged as usual the iPod to the PC and it seems that XP simpli don't recognize it. The iPod don't show the "don't disconect logo" but for the the rest is seems to work fine, I can browse the controls and play music. The battery logo show the "in charge" (after a while it becames full screen) lighting. But for the rest XP don't recognize anything. I also can't see as disk unit in My computer.
Any suggestion? I didn't anything different from usual, it was just the fourth time I was plugging iPod.
Ah, yes the port is USB 2.0 and OS is XP whit SP2.
HELP!!!

Thank You! It worked!
Now I just wonder how it could be to messing up the iPOD this way! Something I've done or iPOD problem? (If I've done something wrong I'd like don't do it again)
Anyway, thank you again
bye

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