Lost music in itunes after downloading update ?!?!

hi all
i downloaded the newest update for itunes today, and then afterwards i tried to play some songs, and it kept coming up with an error saying that the song could no be played because the original file could not be located and ask me if i wanted to locate it.
does anyone know how to fix this without manually locating each individual song?
can i perhaps delete itunes and sync all thw songs from my ipod to itunes?
pls advise... tks!!
ipod nano   Windows XP Pro  

I'm having the exact same problem. I lost over 100 songs, on my iPod, but they're still showing on iTunes. It says it can't play certain songs and then asks if I want to locate them. Help!

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