How do I keep my Itunes 10.5 from deleting my music library? E

Every time I shut down my macbook pro, and start itunes up again, my music is all gone but the files are still in the finder folder. It's a hassle to create a new itunes library and having to make my playlists all over again every time. Ever since I upgraded my computer software with the software update, I been having problems. First, the mp3 files in the finder folder have been missing the artwork. But I managed to fix that and now the mp3 files in the finder folder are back again. Now my itunes has me worried. I deleted itunes and tried downloading the software all over again, to see if that would work, but it didn't. This is the 3rd time I'm having to create my itunes library all over again. I own a ipod touch 4g and I need itunes 10.5. The touch won't work on anything older than that. As of now, I redownloaded itunes all over again. Itunes 10.5.1 is what I have now, but i'm still worried it will delete my itunes library all over again. I don't want to keep having this same problem every **** time. I want my itunes library to stay in my itunes every time i open it up. Does anybody know what i can do to prevent this please? I tried everything, and I even downloaded a antivirus for mac. And I don't have a virus on my computer. Which is a relief. Please help. I own a macbook pro. What can I do to stop itunes from deleting my library over and over again? Thanks! -Samantha

There is other options like http://supersync.com that I've tried but it is a headache.
Another option: http://lifehacker.com/5715126/how-to-sync-itunes-across-all-your-computers-with- dropbox
I prefer iTunes Match.
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