Ipod updated to 1.2.1 now nothing shows up on my ipod, all music gone?

After constantly being told that a new ipod version was availble, I decided to go ahead and update, I made this mistake before and apparently did not learn my lesson.
Advice to others, if it ain't broke don't fix it.
I selected the option to let the updater go ahead and download and install the ipod update.
I let the installer go ahead and do it's thing.
I came back awhile later and it appeared as though the update was complete, so I ejected my ipod, powerded it down, put it in its case and took it to work.
When I got to work and turned on my ipod and went to artists
all that showed up was "ALL" and nothing else no playlists, no albums, no songs, no nothing like everything was erased.
I had about 60 megs worth of songs on the ipod before the update.
Where did everything go????
Did anyone else have this problem?
Is everything still there and I just need to do something for it all to show up again?
Or, is everything really gone and has been erased?
Boy, Once I get this resolved and my ipod working again,
I will never update again unless I have no choice.
Thanks so much for any help offered!

I have a nearly similar problem with my 20G iPod with photo display. The only difference seems to be that mine does not appear to be caused by the update to 1.2.1. I updated long ago and had no problems. Now I constantly need to reset. My iPod just stops working, usually after clicking to play a song it will just start and not play and not pause and not allow me to select another song. So I have to reset, and reset....
I did a restore too, but the problems continued.
Then recently it started having the same trouble you are having. First, it showed nothing on the iPod and I just assumed I'd have to sync it to iTunes when I got home. But then it seemed that the songs were there after another reset. Anyway, it did start working again, that is, back to playing for awhile and then needing to be reset. I started searching here to see if this is battery problem or hard drive problem. My ipod is about 2 1/2 years old, no prior problems.
Right Now, it is in the same state yours is in: my About page shows:
Songs: 0
Photos: 0
Capacity: 18.5 GB
Available: 5.5 GB
Version: 1.2.1
Like yours, it is clear that the hard drive is full of information, it is just not able to access it. It may well be a software issue, since that would explain why the hard drive has music on it, but a software problem is not letting us access it.
I thought perhaps with the age of mine it could be the hard drive, but who knows. My iPod is making alot of noises as it goes through its resetting, and when connected to my iBook. Noises it did not use to make, which makes me think it's asking to be put out of it's misery. I'm thinking I'm going to have to take it the Apple Store, but I did want to first see if anyone else had this problem. We also have a 30G Video iPod syncing on the same iBook with updated software, nad it has no problems.
If I do take it to Apple I will submit an update.

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