I am afraid I am going to wipe out my apps on my Ipod Touch.

I have had my Ipod Touch 3rd Gen 64 gig for about a month now and its about the most amazing thing i have ever used, however there is one annoying thing I would love to have fixed. When i connect the touch to my pc to charge it, itunes automatically pops up and of course shows my touch on the left hand side of the screen. If I click on the touch, then click on the APPS tab on top of the screen it shows a list of all my apps and AUTOMATICALLY checks all the apps that i have downloaded since the last time my touch was connected and gets them ready to be synced. I have the settings set to PREVENT IPODS, TOUCHES, IPHONES FROM SYNCING AUTOMATICALLY, and it does NOT sync automatically. HOWEVER, if i do want to swap out apps for new ones or just add new ones i have to go through the whole list and uncheck the new ones i dont want. (thanks to appshopper.com i download ALOT of apps every day so there are ALOT to sift through. I want the option to do ALL ot this myself and not have to worry about the pc taking over and chcking all new apps automatically. Here is where my question lies. When i am on this screen with my app list and my ipod touch, above the pic of the touch there is a box markd SYNC APPS, this is ALWAYS checked, i am assuming this is why it keeps checking all the new apps automatically for m to sync them. When i go th click that little check mark off this comes up"are you sure you do not want to sync applications? all existing applications and thie rdata on your ipod touch will be removed" This is exactly what i DONT want to happen. I have a lot of apps on the touch that have some VERY important info on it like checkbooks apps, contact appps,ect ect and if they were to be deleted, it would be devistating because the touch is pretty much the only place i maintain this info now. So basically my question is, can i stop th darn thing from automatically checking the boxes WITHOUT wiping everything out of my touch. Thank you very much.

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Syncing to a new iTunes library or computer will erase your iPod. Only if you back up your iPod manually before syncing, you can restore your device from that backup again. A manual backup does not include the sync process.
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Disable autosync in iTunes, connect your iPod to your new computer and right click on it in the device list and choose backup. iTunes will backup your ipod without syncing.
Transfer your purchases the same way, choosing "transfer purchases" this time.
When you connect your device for the first time, all media content will be erased. But you can restore your settings and app data from your manual backup afterwards.
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I updated the iOS version on my iPad (v1) today to 5.1.1. Since I have had troubles every time I've updated iOS (regardless of device iPod, iPad, iPhone) I made 2 separate backups of my iPad before continuing... and specifically DID NOT CLICK on the "Hey there's a software update for your device" when it popped up when I plugged in the device as my very first experience with updating iOS on the iPad was done this way... and the backup failed, and thus never worked on the install.
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If all my data is lost forever... this ABSOLUTELY *****... not just because I lost it right now... but I don't ever want to buy/download another app now... if I know that there is a very, very high probability that I will again completely lose everything in the next iOS update.
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2.) Simply shelf the device because I have no faith that I'll be able to maintain the data on it long term
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1st off, thanks @turingtest2 I do appreciate your efforts it has helped explain some of this mess.
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So, a "Backup" of an iOS device puts the "settings" back on your PC...
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At this point, I would go for reset to its factory default condition, using the iTunes program to get a clean system install. That way you'll clean everything out and just have it set up the way it would come from the factory. You'll need to do your backup (on the iTunes program too) and be sure you understand which stuff will be saved and which will not (from the links below). Also turn off any anti-virus program you may have on your desktop. Then when you reset it to the factory default condition, don't restore your backup just yet ... until you check it out without your data put back on it. Verify its operation first, to make sure that you know it's okay. Hopefully everything is okay at that point, otherwise you'll have to take it into Apple to check it out for any hardware failure.
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