how do i recover songs from an ipod dock, the songs settings and categoriys is still there but the songs arent

Question

ive got an ipod dock, really old ipod it went dead for a while cos the battery refused to charge wit the chargers for the newer models, after a month i used the old one n it started charging but nw all the songs that were on the ipod are not listed anymore on the paly list. the song settings n categorys are listed on the ipod bu the songs arent its plain blank. how can i retrieve the songs cos they are songs that are hard to find. pls help,

Answer 1

I'm thinking they're gone for ever. Sorry............