All songs randomly erased off ipod

Hi--
My ipod has been giving me some problems as of late, skipping tracks and freezing. However, the other day when I turned it on it no longer contained any of the tracks that were previously on there. There are no songs, playlists, etc. I didn't do anything to it from the time I stopped playing it, until I turned it on again to find all the files missing.
Also, when I look under 'about' under 'settings' it says that my ipod contains no songs, yet has a capacity of 37.1 GB with only 1.6 GB available.
Are all files backed up somewhere on the ipod itself? And if so, how do I recover these files? I had a lot of music on my ipod that isn't on my computer, so I'd like to get it back if possible.
Any help would be much appreciated! I haven't found any similar posts yet.
Thanks,
Kate

My iPod several times has all the songs wiped off of it. This has also happened to a friend of mine. Sometimes its possible to happen if u disconnect the Ipod before it is done syncing songs. My friend's iPod was fixed by RESETing it (holding menu and the middle button until the apple logo appears) and then we plugged it back into the computer and the songs were all there. My iPod, however, was not fixed after doing that. My only other suggestion would be to RESTORE your iPod to its original settings. This restore button comes up when you plug the ipod into your computer and it displays your ipod information under summary like free space. This does delete EVERYTHING on your iPod. Restoring the ipod will make it so that all your memory will be free. This means that the songs you do NOT have on your computer will be gone but you can later sync the songs you do have on your computer back on to your ipod. That is the only way i know how to fix it. I'm sorry but i do not know of any way to recover the files that seem to be taking up memory but are unaccessable.
I hope this has been somewhat helpful
let me know if it works for you.

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