My iPod suddenly stopped working! Please help.

I disconnected my iPod as usual today before logging off the computer...and when I was going to listen to it I saw it was completely empty. Everything was gone... All 1500+ songs. Now, if that wasn't bad enough (I don't have them backed up anywhere) iTunes won't even recognize my iPod now. It says I need to reset it to the factory settings in iTunes, but it doesn't even appear there... I'm really confused and upset! If anyone knows what I should do, please let me know.

Don't restore just yet - your music might still be there. There are several threads addressing this in the iTunes board under Discussions. I'll look around and see if I can find something for you on how to access your ipos as a hard drive - which will allow you to see if the songs are there. IF THEY ARE you can do the following:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=658258&tstart=0
Back in a bit if I can find the thread explaining the above-mentioned process (unless someone else beats me to it).

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