I'm having sync issues

I somehow downloaded new itunes instead of updating it. when i restarted my computer my library was blank any my playlists were gone. I was able to import the music from my hard drive back to the library but without the playlist folders. what is going to happen when i connect my nano and try to sync it? will it replace everything on my nano with what's on my hard drive or will the nano put the playlists back on my hard drive? i'm afraid to touch it now! someone please help!!

Did you move the entire /Music/iTunes/ folder?
File > Add folder to library and select the folder with music on the external.

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Thank You, for responding. I have been having sync issues. I also had to re-format my drive due to a directory issue with in OSX.4.11. Since then I was unable to retrieve and connect with the old library. It seems I have lost a fair amount of files, very depressing. I am not quite ready to give up though, I am going to seek other options before restoring my ATV.
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