My Songs are gone

I had to format my hard drive, and I forgot to do a backup of my itunes folder and even worse of all my mp3 files, so I ended up with nothing. Yeah, stupid thing to do. Do any of you guys know how to get the info back.

As Dave indicated, a file recovery program may help. On the PC, chances are you overwrote some/many/all of the song files with the re-image.
As long as you have not reloaded much (or any) new information to the iPod, the following links will direct you to software that has a (small/medium/good) chance of recovering some or all of your iPod’s deleted music files. Several responders indicated that Recover4All worked for them (although it could be as a result of being first on the list below). Most are not shareware or freeware, so you may have to spend a little money.....
This link will give you several 'Erased iPod' recovery resources for both Mac and Windows users:
http://forums.ipodlounge.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=45619
This PodSalvage software will only work with Macs running OS X.
Make sure you read through many of the posts on the iLounge – some folks had good results, others had poor results. There seems to be a split camp on the effectiveness of recovery programs.
Either way, strongly consider a thorough backup strategy after you recover/replace your music: http://discussions.apple.com/click.jspa?searchID=394618&messageID=1263275
http://www.recover4all.com/
http://consumer.undelete.com/undelete/undelete.asp
http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm
http://www.handyrecovery.com/index.shtml
http://www.stellarinfo.com/mac-data-recovery.htm
http://www.binarybiz.com/vlab/mac.php
http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/home/

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after the firmware for the ipod has been updated, i disconnected the cable, i went through my ipod and i noticed it asking me which language i wanted, so i scrolled down to english. then i went through my songs n next thing i know, everything is GONE.
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