IPod 30 Gig displays zero (0) songs

I charged my iPod 30 gig last night and went to listen to my podcasts this morning. First there were no podcasts (I had transfered them last night so they should have been there). I then tried to listen to some music. The iPod is showing 0 artists, 0 tracks, 0 album, and 0 genres. The iPod is full and yet the about display shows 0 songs and only 97.5 MB of available space.
Does anyone have any ideas as to how to fix this? I don't want to have to reinstall the iPod software.
Thanks,
Tim

Okay, a brief update about my problem. I have reset the iPod numerous times. No luck. I have run the diagnostic mode auto test. It said everything was fine until the FW (FireWire?) test. I assume it just sat there as I didn't have anything FireWire to plug into it.
Anyone have any more thoughts? Is there something specific in the diagnostic that I should be running?
Thanks,
Tim

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