Please help! ipod is full but music isnt showing up

hello... i am currently travelling internationally with only my ipod, no back up (45 G of music!). i was uploading photos and all of a sudden the ipod acts as though i have NO music in it at all. when i check the storage size (in itunes and through "my computer") it still shows that it is full of 50+ G of data. Also, the music files appear in the ipod's "hidden files" and can be accessed through a computer. how can i get them to run through the ipod again? i dont have a laptop with me and i just want to listen to my ipod again!
from researching the discussions it seems as though i should restore it, but then i would lose the music that is stored inside and i have no back up to start over with. someone who knows please help! thank you kindly.

have you "reset" the ipod (reset is different from restore and it won't delete the songs on your ipod). if you must restore the ipod, you can probably move the music off the ipod if you can view the hidden files. take a look at this link on moving music off and to computer.
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/copying-music-from-ipod-to-co mputer/

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