Resetting ipod deleted all content

This is a repost from a thread that lmuelle started about resetting an ipod and losing content - the initial issue was whether that should happen, and now the question is what to do if it did happen.
My iPod wasn't playing back properly - everytime I loaded a playlist or album, it would just hang for a few seconds on the first track, then skip through the tracks about 1/second all the way to the end, then go back to the root menu like it had reached the end of the album.
I followed Apple's recommendation of first resetting the ipod, and when I did, it came up showing no content whatsoever - no playlists, songs, anything.
Thing is, though, the reset only took a few seconds - not nearly enough time to delete 19 Gb worth of music and boot up - and it was working fine just an hour before.
Please somebody tell me that there's a way to solve this problem and recover my music!
Miserable in Missouri

iP0d--a reset for an iPod is the same thing as a restart for a computer. No data is removed.
A restore, however, will erase the contents of an iPod's hard drive.
bertramberla,
I'm fairly certain that your iPod's system software has become corrupted. The only way I'm aware of for fixing this issue is to restore the iPod.
Is it recognized by your mac?
~Lyssa

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