IPod erased itself after battery died (!!!)

I haven't previously had any problems with my 5G 60gig, this has never happened before when the battery died... of coruse the iPod remembered all the bogus settings like eq preference, but magically, all my songs nad videos have vanished. and i dont have em backed up. what did i do wrong??? the battery was dead for about a minute before i charged it again... is this even a common problem? another interesting thing to note is ive realized my "available capacity" in the 'about' setting is perpetually at 47.8 gigs no matter what. it was before and it is now, and theres seemingly nothing on it. is this related? are my songs there but not visible (hah)?...??!?!!!!!!!!! what gives??!!!!!

Have you reset it by holding down the menu and select buttons for 10-15 seconds until the apple logo appears? It sounds like if the iPod is saying it has used up space, that your music and videos MIGHT still be there but there may be just just a glitch in what is showing up after the battery drained.
PLEASE always back up your music and videos on computer or disc or however you'd like to. An iPod is a storage device but I wouldn't look at it as a permanent one. A lost or stolen iPod could be more than just an iPod if it's the only way you keep/store your music and videos and pictures.

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