ipod classic not showing up on itunes. It comes it comes up when i unplug?

thanks, man. Yea, I tried disc mode this morning before I saw response. there's something fishy still going on, but at least I was able to get iTunes to show it, not have iTunes frozen up and unaproachable while its connected, and was able to restore. I should be able to handle from here, as long as it keeps showing up on iTunes. I still get that "scan and fix" message from windows when ipod is plugged in, but I just disregard. thanks again for your time.

Thanks a lot. That's an awesome page you forwarded, with the kind of useful information I've been digging online for. Thanks again.

by the way, my numbers ran:

Retracts: 595

Reallocs: 4

Pending sectors: 2

Power on hours: 1241

Start/ Stops: 9744

Temp: current 26c

Temp: Min 12c

Temp: 43c

I don't really know how to read it except reallocs and pendings are pretty low.. Ive had it since 2007 and love it. use most all day at work. If it dies, I'll have to find a used classic. I think apple quit making them and it's the only ones I really like. I've had nanos (3 different gens) and shuffles (2 diff gens) and I gave them away to other people, who can live with mediocrity. Anyway, mines back on iTunes and im slowly syncing my music. And cleaning up my library duplicates. Thanks

I'll give that a try. For awhile it has kind of froze up when you first hit play. It wont respond to anything like volume up, until screen goes blank. Then it responds. I've just kind of ignored that. My only question on that DFU is it says plug into USB, hard reset (12 seconds), then open iTunes. But won't iTunes be opened as soon as I plug it into USB? Just want to get that straight before I attempt it. Thanks.