What if the iPod wont reboot? It's stuck on the Apple logo. This was right after Step 15.
No one's got any ideas? Do I just tell the apple genius my daughter turned off the switch on the surge protect while in the middle of a system restore?
Thats not good :/ Try holding Hold+Home and see if anything happens. If it turns off, turn it back on, and try a restore from iTunes.
The same thing happened to me at the start, but luckily iTunes detected it in "recovery mode" and allowed me to do a full restore.