Ipod mistakes video for music after you leave it connected to pc

When i leave my 80gb ipod connected to the pc for some time (3 to 4 hours) it somehow mistakes all video in it for music and even new videos copied onto it get lost immediatly after i discoodect. Reset doesn't cure this, only restoring factory settings in itunes helps. It is extremely irritating to have to copy everything back to ipod every time this happens. Does anybody else experience the same problem?
Windows XP

i leave mine connected in all night so it charges for me to use in the morning.

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