ITunes won't show iPod music

I was using iTunes today and wanted to put more music on my iPod. I had not yet upgraded to the new iTunes version. When I plugged in the iPod, the name came up as HOME and iTunes wouldn't show any of the music on the iPod. I was worried that the music was deleted, but everything is still there on the iPod, its just iTunes won't recognize that its there. It also seems to think the iPod is 100gb when its only a 30gb model. Its like it went into some factory default mode. The weirdest thing is I can transfer music from iTunes to the iPod and it will show up in iTunes, but not on the iPod. I've tried the iPod R's except Restore because I don't want to do that unless its really necessary since I'd lose everything on it. Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.

When I plugged in the iPod, the name came up as HOME and iTunes wouldn't show any of the music on the iPod. I was worried that the music was deleted, but everything is still there on the iPod, its just iTunes won't recognize that its there. It also seems to think the iPod is 100gb when its only a 30gb model.
with those symptoms, the first thing we need to check on is the possibility described in the following document:
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