Music files still on Ipod... But Music does not show up

Here's my problem:
I plugged my Ipod (30gb 5g) into the computer the other day and put a few songs on it with iTunes. After I disconnected it, I went into my Music menu on the actual Ipod, and there was no music showing! All my Playlists, Music, and Video were gone. (But not any other information, photos, ect.)
Anyway, I plugged the iPod back in to the comp and opened it up in My Computer. The Music files and everything are still in the Ipod_Control folder. All the space is still taken up on the iPod by the music files, but Itunes doesn't seem to read it. When I plug the iPod in, iTunes tells me that it can't read the information from my ipod, and to Restore it to Factory Settings. Now, as I don't have all of my 1000 songs in iTunes anymore (actually very little of them, my comp only has 30 gigs) I really don't want to do that.
I'm figuring this has something to do with the itunes database file... but it's size is about 2 mb, which i think is about normal for a music library my size.
So I'm very confused. Thanks to anyone who took the time to read that. Even greater thanks to anyone who might be able to help.
bro2

I had this problem some time ago...it's easy to sort out just as long as your itunes content matches that of your ipod. You need to follow this:
The so-called 5-R's will cure 90% of iPod users problems. They're really easy to do so give them a try and if they fail to solve your issue post back in this forum - there are many willing helpers who I'm sure will be able to offer further assistance. Click this LINK.
MB67
Once you've completed this just resync your ipood with itunes.
Alternativley you could try this:
As well as being a great backup tool Tune Tools has loads of other handy and useful utilities:
http://www.valusoft.com
Tune Tools for iPod (PC/Mac)
Tune Tools for iPod: Easily perform back-ups, transfer songs, videos and podcasts, instantly recover lost songs and files, clean-up and sync your iPod library, detect and fix problems, back-up and restore media and view and edit song information with this robust software.
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500MHz processor
128MB RAM
100MB free hard drive space
CD-ROM drive
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