Syncing IPOD Video 30G w/Itunes - Windows XP

I'm trying to get my songs from the library while in Itunes to sync up with my IPOD, but no such luck. _My IPOD comes back and says: songs on the IPOD "Belinda's IPOD" cannot be synced because all of the the playlists selected for syncing no longer exist_. I know this isn't true because I see all the information while in Itunes. Why can't all the info be sent over to the IPOD? What more do I need to do? I am using Windows XP Pro SP3 w/ an Intel Core 2 Duo machine (custom built -- Antec/gaming machine). Oh yes, the itunes version is 7.7.1.11 with Quicktime 7.6.4. Itunes is not running in safe mode, itunes helper is currently not running either. Seems like mostly everything is running fine (working properly and such). I did a diagnostic test on this machine while I had the Itunes opened last night. Can someone please help! I'm going batty without my IPOD. Has anyone else on this forum has these problems?
I also had this problem that I posted under the Forum: *Using your Fifth Generation IPOD* and the subject +Syncing IPOD+.
Thanks, Desperate
Message was edited by: Ba25

If everything is in your iTunes library then just go ahead and sync the iPod telling it to ignore that playlist. It may have somehow lost the link to that playlist but when it syncs, it should resync that list as a new one.
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