How to keep videos on iPod so they don't get deleted during sync?

Hi,
I have about 40GB of videos that I bought from iTunes. I bought them on my Mac Mini and used up most of my memory on it. So I deleted some of these videos from my computer and put them on backup DVD's to clear up some space on my computer.
When I sync my iPod when I get new videos, I get a message saying that some of the videos on my iPod are not on my computer and if I would like to transfer them back on. I click no, because they would not all fit.
So then it transfers all the videos present on my computers and replaces the ones I had before, since they are no longer on it. All the time I sync my iPod completely, I have to put those replaced videos (fortunately saved on DVD's) them back on manually.
It's really annoying... Is there a way to tell my iPod not to touch certain videos and leave them on my iPod? So that they don't get replaced all the time?
Or does anyone have any suggestions?
Please help me!!! Thanks

First suggestion is to go out and get an external hard drive to give you a place to store ALL your stuff in one place. Hard drives are cheap. Last night I was at Costco and they had a Triple Interface (eSATA, USB2, and Firewire 400) Seagate 750GB drive (w/5-yr warranty) for $200. Online I see 500GB drives for $130 and under. And you can get as high as 360GB for under $100 these days. So get one!
Anyway, one thing you can do is to switch your iPod from auto update to MANUAL update. Now iTunes will not remove anything. However it also won't do anything else either. You have to drag and drop stuff from the library into your iPod to add them and select them on the iPod and hit Delete to remove them. Also playcounts, ratings, etc. do not sync back to iTunes in manual mode.
My suggestion is short term switch to manual sync, then order or pick up locally an external drive. Then get all your stuff back onto your library when you have the bigger disk. Once put together again, change the iPod back to auto sync.
Patrick

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