IPod froze, then it was BLANK(all songs gone!). What happened?

First my iPod(2nd generation iPod nano) froze. This has happened 2 or 3 times before, and when it does, I've had to let the power run out, then turn it on. When I've done this before, it's always been fine: no longer frozen, all songs present, etc. This time, however, I let the battery run down, turned it on, and while it was no longer frozen, it was completely empty! All the songs were gone, and even my preferences had been reset.
I plugged it into my computer, and it said the iPod was "corrupted." I "Restored" it to its factory settings, and I have now sync'd it, so hopefully now it will work. I also downloaded yet another new version of iTunes, so if that was the problem, maybe now I'll be fine.
Still, I'd like to know just what caused this so I can prevent it from happening again. Anyone know?

I plugged it into my computer, and it said the iPod was "corrupted."
There's your answer. Occasionally it would appear that the iPod software becomes corrupt. This doesn't mean that the songs are not on your iPod, hence the fact that the iPod may report used space and iTunes may show them. I've seen this problem many times here on the forums.
I can't answer your question as to why because I've never seen a plausible explanation.

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