My iPod No Longer Syncs!

Hi everyone. I have a 6 GB iPod and recently when I tried to transfer some new songs onto my iPod, it wouldn't work since I had over 6 GB of music in iTunes. When iTunes asked if it could create its own playlist to transfer onto my iPod, I declined the offer. Thereafter, I deleted all the preset playlists (e.g. Top 25 played), thinking that it would leave some extra space on my iPod. After this, I tried to sync my iPod again, and a screen came up claiming "all of the playlists selected for syncing no longer exist".
I need some help...though I fear that deleting this version of iTunes and re-installing it will erase all of my music in iTunes. What should I do in order to sync my iPod properly again??
Thanks,
Jason

Create one or two playlists for the Nano to sync to, then change your iPod preferences to sync the Nano to only those couple of playlists. It is not necessary to re-install.

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