Can I do a 'partial' sync?

hi guys,
I'm looking for a way to sync som of the songs in my itunes folder to my iPod. I know I can tick the songs that I want synced in iTunes, but the thing is I want to be able to transfer a song from iTunes to my iPod, then delete it from iTunes, without the auto sync deleting it from my iPod next time I sync the two... can this be done? basically what I mean is can I have songs on my iPod that aren't in my iTunes while still have auto sync between the two. The reason for this is that I have a large collection of CD's that I want on my iPod but that I don't want on my laptop...

In short, the answer is no.
You can't automatically sync your iPod with iTunes if you want to keep some songs saved on it; that can't exactly be done simultaneously.
The only way to transfer songs to your iPod, delete them from your iTunes library, and keep them preserved on your iPod is to manually manage its content in iTunes, not auto-sync.
For details on managing your iPod manually, see this article about it:
Managing content manually on iPod
-Kylene

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