HT1399 all my playlists diappeared from the ITunes library. why?

all my playlists diappeared from the ITunes library. why? I still have lists of song, artist and other, but no playlists anymore. Thanks in advanced

artnorton wrote:
or is it going to sync with the library (which is only 412 songs out of some 1200 and wipe out everything I"ve got on my iphone?
Yes!
I really want to transfer everything from my iphone as it is to my new computer.
I know. That's why I took the time to write a long article explaining how to avoid disaster. It takes a bit of effort on your part but that should be better than losing everything.
If your old hard drive runs, however unreliably or full of viruses it is it, it may be easier to extract the hard drive and put in a drive bay, or just hang it out of the side of the new machine temporarily, and copy off your library.
Otherwise the plan of action set out in the user tip may be your best bet.
tt2

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