1st gen nano music seems hidden after update to v1.3

I have a 1st gen nano and recently did the update to v1.3 (that iTunes told me to) and then all of the music was hidden. I can tell that the iPod is still full ( iTunes shows 75% of "Other" and Windows explorer also shows 75% full) of music but just not showing it in iTunes or Windows Explorer. It seems that the files may have been buried deep within the iPod and nothing can access that far down in the file structure? Any help would be much appreciated, Thanks.

Try putting your iPod into disk mode, following the instructions in this article:
Putting iPod into disk mode
Then, try to restore the iPod in iTunes, if it is being recognized there.
Also, you could try these five iPod troubleshooting steps, if you haven't already:
The Five Rs
-Kylene

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