IPod becomes 'unsynced' from iTunes

I have a 160GB iPod classic which is completely full of music I have manually selected. Every once in a while, the iPod seems to become 'unsynced' from my iTunes. I plug it in, and the 'Sync Music' box on the Music tab is unchecked, and checking it prompts me to remove all the content from the iPod and sync it again, believing the iPod to be synced to another iTunes library. The iPod is never plugged into anything except this laptop, and I have only one iTunes library thereon. I am hoping to know either:
a) How to fix this so that iTunes 're-recognises' the iPod, or
b) How to back up the long, long list of albums I have selected by hand to go on the iPod, as this process usually takes about six hours. I would be happy to erase and sync if I could somehow retrieve and replace the list of synced albums from the iPod itself, or from iTunes if it holds on to that information.
I realise that I really should have, after the first or second time this happened, made a playlist containing all the music I wanted to sync, to or from which I could add or remove albums easily. Stitch in time, etc. Apologies if this has been covered before. Searching returns mountains and mountains of irrelevant results. Thanks in advance.

Hello Love Muffin,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
Have you tried a simple reset of the iPod? To do this, press and hold the Center and Menu buttons together until the Apple logo appears. Make sure to do this, with the iPod still connected.
Does that do any good?
B-rock

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