IPod won't update, Says Playlists Don't Exist Anymore So Can't Be Updated

I think this might be because I used to have too much music for my 20 GB iPod, so there was a playlist my Mac created called "My iPod" and had music selections on it. but then I deleted a couple of albums from my computer so I could have all of the music on my iPod that I wanted, thinking iPod could just update my library onto my iPod as it used to do.
I would love to update my iPod so any advice is much appreciated. I have a 3rd gen iPod, iBook G4.
Many Thanks.
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You'll just have to make sure the playlists equal less tahn 20 (18.7) GB. This may mean cutting or two playlists down in size, or cutting one or two playlists.
Once you do that, go to edit\prefs\iPod, and check the boxes by all of the playlists totalling less than 20 GB.

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