Not reading songs

My ipod has suddenly stopped reading all songs but one album. It lists all the other albums/songs but flicks through them all until it gets to the one album it will play. I'm currently travelling and am a bit reluctant to connect it to a pc in case it effect the pc. Any suggestions?

Suggest to do a Reset first (press menu + select keys) if it still unsolved, do a Restore when you have time

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I have an iPod Touch 4th Generation.
I use iTunes 11.0.
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Message was edited by: j_leongg
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