When i plug my ipod up, itunes says it has all the music and videos, but when i unplug it to listen to them, it says it has nothing on it

I just had to reover my Ipod original and now im moving all of my music and videos back onto it, and when i have it plugged into Itunes, everything shows up on the ipod.  when i unplug it though, it says i have no videos, music, etc. help? I don't want to lose this thing, it was too expensive.

Hello kittypie,
You may need to restore your iPod to factory defaults.
Restoring iPod to factory settings
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1339
Cheers,
Allen

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