1st Gen iPhone - ALL songs and videos no longer there. POOF! No sync.

I have not listened to music or watched videos on my 1st gen iPhone in about 2 months. Little did I know, ALL the songs and ALL the videos have disappeared. Gone Poof. I have not synced in a couple of months so it wasn't a result of a new OS. Maybe it's just getting old but has this happened to anyone else? I don't know where they went or when it happened. Gremlins? I am now afraid to reload/sync for fear I will lose pix and contacts. Just want to know if this spontaneously happened to anyone else???

Hey Larry,
I went ahead and did a "restore" and everything was back to normal. It did take a while, though, as it wiped out then re-copied over 7Gigs of data to the phone. It was a hassle, but all is OK. I'm still concerned, though. I also spoke with a Genius at the Apple store who had never seen this, and thought it was a problem with the "file type" in iTunes, but i checked and movies were still "movie" filetype. He suggested MANUALLY checking/adjusting every file, but that is rediculous and there were hundreds of songs and videos!! Anywho, on my iPhone the date outside of the iPod items (music, videos, podcasts, etc.) was not effected, and all is back to normal after a lengthy "restore." Still looking for a "why" on this one...

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