ITunes Automatically Resetting Music Library

Every once in a while when I open iTunes the library resets so that there is no more music left and I have to re-add everything. My question is why does this occur? Its quite frustrating because I have to Erase and Sync to sync my phone to the new library.
How can I fix this issue?

Welcome to AD!
Probably the Sony bloatware on your Vaio, as other Vaio owners have discovered:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8537277#8537277

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