Create Playlist folder without auto-sync.

Hello everyone. Here is the situation:
I have iPod touch and I'm using two my own computers (and this computers are in different cities) to transfer music to iPod.
Because of this I had to turn off auto-sync feature so I could transfer music without losing it from iPod.
Anyway, I have a lot of music and I like everything to be organized, so the playlist feature is for me.
But. I also have a lot of playlists, during my first ever connection to PC I was able to put some of these playlists into playlist folder (because auto-sync was on).
I find it very useful. But when I connected to another PC, being forced to turn off auto-sync, I discovered the unpleasant thing - I couldn't create playlist folders anymore.
Is there a way to overcome this? Is there a way to turn on auto-sync - so I could create playlist folders - without losing those tracks that are not in iTunes but are in iPod?
Thank you in advance. Cheers.

Thank you for your answer. Still. I see no logical reason for that restriction, I mean, playlist folder isn't such a big (but very convenient) deal to make it available for manual "syncers". I feel like a criminal using manual music management: so many restrictions. =(
Well, I guess the only thing I can do is get them transfering (iPod2PC) software to copy all the music from iPod on my often used computer and turn auto sync on then.

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