Songs Won't Sync To Ipod, But They Show Up In My Library..Help!

OK, all my songs went missing off of my mini and I can't get them to sync back on but they are still in my library... and now when I try to connect the ipod into itunes and connect my ipod, an error messege comes up, something about playlists.. but im mainly just concerned on trying to get my library back!
"Songs on the ipod "Name Of Ipod" cannot be updated because the playlists selected for syncing no longer exist."
I have done the 5 R's but nothing worked, I also tried restoring my ipod but it gets stuck in the middle and i get an error message for that too.
"the ipod "Name Of Ipod" could not be restored an unknow error occured (1428)."
and i cannot call apple to help b/c my ipod is over a year old and they will charge a fee for a service call....
I also recently updated to the newest version of Itunes.
CAN SOMEONE HELP PLEASE, I'D LIKE TO GET THIS PROBLEM SOVLED AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.. THANK YOU!
ipod mini Windows XP

You get this problem when the option 'Sync Music - Selected playlists' is being used to sync your iPod and then the playlist it has been updating from is deleted. Most people use this setting when the iPod is smaller than the iTunes library. If your library is larger than the capacity of your iPod, iTunes by default makes a new playlist called something along the lines of "Owner's iPod". If you for any reason delete it, you will not be able to sync your iPod.
Open iTunes and create a playlist to update your iPod from, call it -iPod to make it the first playlist in Sources. You can make this a normal playlist and drag whatever you want to it or you can make it a random Smart playlist. If you are making a smart playlist limit it to just less than the size of your iPod (for example 3700MB for a 4G iPod Nano). Now connect your iPod and when it appears in the Source list click on the iPod icon to bring up the preference tabs in the main pane. Go to the Music tab and choose Sync Music and the Selected playlists radio button. Choose the playlist you just made from the selection and click Apply. You can also sync from any existing playlists by choosing the same setting, you just need to make sure that the size of the playlists don't exceed the capacity of your iPod:
iTunes: Creating playlists of your favorite songs
How to create a Smart Playlist with iTunes
Replacing the missing playlist should sort things out but if problems persist then have a look at this troubleshooting page for the 1428 error: Error 1415, 1417, 1418, or 1428 when restoring or updating an iPod in iTunes 7 or later

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