Used space on ipod but no songs...

Ok. So I recently got this new ipod video, 30gb, and nothing but problems since I got it.
I had to restore it completely and I had some problems putting it back to life. Ive finally done it, and now when I connect it to the computer, all the songs are updating, but when I want to listen to the music, nothing shows. Zero songs. But it says Ive used 5 gb or so.
Ive reset the thing before this happened, reinstalled the whole cd (ipod and itunes), put it into disk mode and formatted the removable disk. I dont get where all those songs are. They should be somewhere on the ipod but i cant see anything.
Also, when I connected it to the comp second time, nothing was updating, more like rewriting over the old stuff on the ipod, cause it showed that its been using more space than it should. I ejected it then, and I also erased all 900+ songs from my library. Added new ones, like 100 or so and the same thing happened: the songs have been added to my ipod, not updated, the gb space increased and i decided to stop it then.
Dont know if all this makes sense, i just want to fix it so i can enjoy the music again, and update my library and all. Can anyone help me? Id appreciate it.
Thanks.
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I did it again. Restored and now I dunno what to do.
The message shows DO NOT DISCONNECT again, but nothing happens. When I click the ipod update, the only option is to restore it again...Ive done this (restored it) like 3 times in two days...I have no clue if Im doing all this right...

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