New itunes mess up?

I just downloaded the new iTunes. I went to sync my iPod nano 5th generation and i clicked the convert higher bit rate songs to 128 kbps AAC. My iPod got stuck "updating a file" on one song. It has done this many times. I tried restarting the computer and the ipod. I even tried syncing without the converting to higher bit. Now my iPod is slowly "updating a files" and it took off 500 songs from my iPod. What can I do to make this sync correctly? help

Upgrading will normally not affect the tracks and settings already in your iTunes.
That said, it's wise to make a backup of any tracks that you've purchased from the iTunes Music Store or that would otherwise be difficult to replace and of your playlists before you upgrade, just in case something would happen to go wrong.

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