All my music is gone from Ipod, still on PC but greyed out

I think I have the same problem. iTunes recognizes my iPod and I can see the music library, but when I use the iPod without iTunes it appears that the iPod is blank. I found that changing the settings to manual will fix the greyed-out library problem, but won't put the music back on the iPod. I restored the iPod and attempted all the suggested fixes. No luck yet. Mine problem also occured after the upgrade.

I'm having the same problem. I'm anxious to hear a response...

The songs are "greyed out" because you have the iPod set to transfer songs automatically. That is also why the padlock icon appears at the bottom of iTunes next to the space used/available.

If you want the songs to be bold and selectable/editable, then you need to change to manage the content manually.

This Apple knowledge-base article may help address that issue.

Windows confuses iPod with network drive.

+1, same thing happened after I updated my iPod yesterday was working just fine now boom, music isn't showing up on the iPod.

Please help. I have the exact same problem and I am freaking out. I just want to listen to my IPOD again...

The exact same thing happened to me after installing the latest upgrade. My ipod files show up perfectly normal on my computer however when I use my ipod it is completly blank. Kinda scaring me...

mine did this too last night, only thing that trasfered were my pic, mine also has the music in grey, i did manual and also same thing, ***....i added new music to y library, they also transfered but were grey,

oh forgot too, my lock button does not work either, so i cant lock it...

It sounds like you (and others in this thread) have a 5th generation iPod, +not a Classic+. The 5G and 5.5G iPods got a firmware update to 1.2.2 yesterday, not the Classic. For 1.2.2 to work properly you have to have iTunes 7.5 ... and if you have Windows 2000 (or ME as your sig shows) then you're in trouble since iTunes for Windows v7.5 only works on XP and Vista.

This problem is caused by a conflict with Ipod 1.2.2 and iTunes earlier than 7.5.
If you are not using XP SP2 or Vista, you cannot install iTunes 7.5.
I had these same symptoms when I allowed iTunes to install 1.2.2 on my iPod last night.
I spoke with Apple support today and they told me that Apple has no way to install older versions of the software and BTW, my iPod is out of warranty so I will have to pay them to help me fix the iPod that their software broke.

I found a solution which will work in Windows.

1. Find the iPod Software Updates files.
They will be found in
...\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPod Software Updates

2. Be sure that the 1.2.1 files are in the folder:

ipod_13.1.2.1.ipsw
ipod_13.1.2.1.ipsw.signature

3. Delete the iPod 1.2.2 files from your computer.

ipod_13.1.2.2.ipsw
ipod_13.1.2.2.ipsw.signature

3. Start iTunes and then plug the iPod in.

On the summary page, click on the Restore button. It will warn you about installing an older version of the software (exactly what you want!).

When the process is complete, you will be back to 1.2.1 which works fine with iTunes 7.3.2.

HTH,
Bill Knopf

I have gone through the same thing. Before upgrading my iPod software I was prompted to upgrade to the latest iTunes software, which I did not do.

So, we all have updated iPods with outdated iTunes.

When I get home I will run Software Update to get the latest iTunes and I will bet that after that my (and all of your) iPods will once again sync just fine.

By the way, this makes even more sense when you consider that our Pods still have all of our iPhoto pictures on them.

Keep your fingers crossed.