My music is gone, but the GBs are still used...help please!

Hello...ive searched for the answer without any luck. Please help me, i've got a 60GB 4G Photo iPod.
Yesterday i selected a song to play, and it froze. I reset (select+menu) went to the same song...same results. Reset again, but this time all the music was gone! I've reset it again since, but my music (and personalized settings) still have not returned.
I've used iTunes hoping that the reconnect would help, but iTunes requested that i name my ipod, starting all over! My 50GB of music is still being reported leaving me under 10GB of free space.
I've run the iPod update, still no luck.
Is there a solution that will allow me to get my stuff back? Any help is greatly appreciated.
It was purchased in Sept 05, still has some time left under warranty.
Richard S. Chomyszak
[email protected]

No.
But you can do it this way.
iTunes prefs -> Advanced. Uncheck Copy files to itunes music folder when adding to library.
Insert the DVD and in iTunes Add folder to library, select the DVD.
Leave the DVD in, connect the iPod and update it. Make sure it is on Manual update.
After you remove the DVD and restart iTunes, there will be an exclamation mark in front of the songs it cannot find (from the DVD.

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