How can I back-up playlists on my iPod (60GB color display)?

I got a real scare tonight. My iPod froze, got the sad mac face and I couldn't get it to reset, couldn't get iTunes to see it, etc. I finally let it charge for a few hours and it came back to life. I've had my iPod for 4 years. I know there will come a day when I may have to do a Software Restore on it. How can I back-up my playlists from my iPod? Here's my set-up:
1) All of the music in my iTunes music library resides on an external 250GB hard drive.
2) All of the playlists on my iPod were created on the iPod. I have 40 playlists. These playlists do not appear in my iTunes unless my iPod is connected to my computer. If I ever have to do a software restore on this, I don't want to have try and re-create these 40 playlists.
Any ideas?
Thanks -

If these playlists were created on your iPod they must be "on the go" playlists.
You can sync these back to iTunes as detailed below.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA27763?viewlocale=en_US
Btw, your iPod is not an iPod classic. The classic does not come in a 60GB model.

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