IPod Classic says there is No Music; no difference in Memory

I have an iPod Classic that I got in 2007. It's been working fine except today it says there is no music in it. However it shows no difference in the memory that's being used. For some reason, the documents in the memory's being read as "Other" instead of "Audio."
This is quite distressing as I'm sure many of you can sympathize. Please help me out.

I just bought one of the new Macbook Pros on Friday. I was using a White 13" Macbook until the logic board decided to go out about a week ago. I thought that I might as well get a new computer instead of putting in a new board so I got one of the new 15" intel core i5 pros. My iPod is a silver 160 gb that was previously synced to the white mb.
Upon the first connection to the new mbpro, iTunes started freaking out and wouldn't respond and I had to force quit iTunes. I ejected my iPod from the computer (correctly) and then noticed that iTunes was still acting weird after reopening. I looked at my iPod and realized that there was no music on my iPod. I then checked the "about" section of my iPod to find that the hd still had 92 gb used but categorized as other.
Now, I cannot figure out how to get my music back and why iTunes continues to freeze every time I connect my iPod. Please help!!! (I was slightly frustrated about the logic board but these recent problems occurring after dropping over $2100 on the new mbpro are really irritating me)

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