I am trying to udate my ipod software to ios5 but it says it will delete all of my media

i am trying to update my ipod software to the new ios5 but when i click update i get a message that says, updating it will earse my media. it tells me to apply it to the computer. what do i have to do to fix it.

There is nothing to fix.  This is the way it is.
Everything should be on your computer. 

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