Won't Update -- "playlists"?

This evening, as I updated my iPod, I got the following message:
"Songs on the iPod cannot be updated because all of the playlists selected for updating no long exist."
This seems not to be true, as I have my iTunes completely intact. Nothing has changed since my kast update - yesterday. Now, my iPod is as empty as the day I bought it.
Please help. Any good advice?
Thanks in advance,
T.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=121728&tstart=150

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