BleepingComputer.com: Itunes Playlists gone

Hi.

I switched on my laptop the other day and found Itunes was completely cleared, just like it was a fresh install. I've been able to recover all the files, except the playlists are still missing.

Does anyone know if it's possible to recover the playlists?

They are all still on my Ipod, but I can't see any obvious way of transferring them over.

I thought of creating singular on the go lists for each playlist but there are so many missing I'd imagine it will take virtually as long as manually creating each one.

Any suggestions would be well appreciated.

Thanks

Dave