My computer won't recognize my iPod. What's wrong with it?

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Try someone else’s iPod cord. If that fixes it, you know it’s the cord, if not, you know it’s either your computer or your iPod. So then I’d try a different computer, and if that doesn’t work either, reset your iPod.

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