IPod empty, still showing used space

So after disconnecting my ipod after charging/adding songs, it shows ther is no music within despite there being ~120GB of used space. When I connect to iTunes it says "iTunes cannot read the contents of the iPod "OWNER'S IPO".
Go to the Summary tab in iPod preferences and click Restore to restore this iPod to factory settings."
Is there any way to recover what's on there, or am I screwed?

*Recover media from iPod*
Check out this post from Zevoneer for some iPod recovery options.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6273675&#6273675
Some of the tools require a working iPod database which, in your case, I suspect has been corrupted. I've successfully helped out friends using the manual recovery method mentioned towards the end which doesn't rely on the library.
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TheDetourist wrote:
I dont want to delete them from iTunes because I want to still have them archived on my computer.
just to say, you can delete items from itunes, and still have them stored on your computer, just click 'keep file' and it will be removed from itunes yet still be stored in the podcast file (or songs etc.)
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