IPod touch gets music and movies deleted.

This is a new issue with iOS6 and/or iTunes 10.7.
I have a 4th gen iPod touch, and twice in the past week it has had all the music and movies (but not apps or pictures) deleted. The only way to fix this is to go to Settings -> General -> Reset -> Erase all files and settings and restore it like it was out of the box; trying to sync it again or choosing different combinations of songs does not work, it just will not sync the music. Is anybody else encountering this issue?
Windows 7 Ultimate, 32-bit.

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