Some customers may experience an issue where iTunes 7 or later displays the following message on a Windows PC:

"iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode - Use iTunes to restore"

Products affected

• iTunes for Windows
• iPods (all models)
• Windows XP

Solution

In most cases, the connected iPod needs to be restored. Follow the steps in one of the following articles to restore your iPod:

If after restoring your iPod, the message described
Read more at: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304503.