All my playlists are gone...

Hey everyone!! I came across a problem tonight where I was trying to put in new songs into my ipod nano, but I kept getting this message when I was trying to sync "Songs on the iPod "Family Computer's iPod" cannot be synced because all of the playlists selected for syncing no longer exist."
I have no clue what happened for me to lose all that stuff, but I would appreciate it if someone could let me know how I can get them back so I can sync my iPod again because at the present moment I don't have any songs on it.
Thanx

See this user tip.
The iPod cannot be updated because one or more playlists no longer exist.
For versions of iTunes from 7 onwards, the option to "update selected playlists" is now under the "music" tab in the summary screen.

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