I-pod Troubles

This really bites. Ok so this morning I turned on my ipod and this screen came up saying disk mode with a check mark on it and it hasnt' even been connected to itunes or anything like that. So I was like what then Joesph told me it was probably fride but then I decide to go take it to the uncle in law and asked if he could fix it and then he gave the bad news that I would have to restore everything. So now all of my 1000 something songs are gone now and have to restart all over whuch will take days. But it will get done though and great to say nothing is wrong with it though.