ID3 Tags - Won't remember new info

I looked around and couldn't find any posts about this topic.
When I edit tags in iTunes 7.0 and 7.0.1, the information is not remembered.
I have spent time changing tags. Then I drop the original file back in iTunes and all my work is gone. The old info is still there and none of my changes are saved. All was fine in iTunes 6.
Any ideas?

I suspect that you have iTunes set to "copy files when importing".
You import the the files into iTunes, and iTunes makes a copy of them in whatever directory you have specified. When you edit the tags it edits the file in the directory you have specified as the iTunes music directory. Then when you copy in your original file again it overwrites the one in your music library.

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