My Computer only reads my Ipod as a DATA1 storage and not the songs

All of a sudden the Ipod I have owned for many years is not showing it's library of songs on ITunes and is only showing up as a data storage hard drive. How do I get it to show the songs list again?

This can be caused by drive letter confusion on your computer.
Try assigning your iPod a different drive letter, following the steps in this article:
Windows confuses iPod with network drive or hard drive
-Kylene

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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1368
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