Cannot find the music list or any music through iPod

I have a problem with my iPod.
When I turned on my iPod, the screen did not show any song. I got no playlists, no songs, no videos in iPod. I checked its status through iTunes (for Windows), too, but iTunes also did not include any song or playlist.
So I thought my iPod is completely formatted for some reasons, but it did not. After I connected to the computer, I found all mp3 files and mp4 files (for video, of course) through Windows' explorer. I can't find the reason why the iPod or iTunes cannot read the files' information even if they are still 'alive.' If someone can help me, I would appreciate so much! Thanks.

How did you load the music on to your iPod in the first place? Did you add it through Windows Explorer? If so, the iPod software will not recognize it. You need to load it through iTunes or a third party music manager such as Yamipod.

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