Itunes deleting on boot up

Everytime i boot up my computer what ever was in my itunes is gone and i have to re up load everything. if i upload all the music and close itunes and bring it back up its all still there its just when i turn of my computer and boot it back up is when all the music is gone. How can i fix this because its driving me flippin crazy!!

Many thanks for the reply.
I looked in system pref and the itunes helper box was ticked so i deselected it and itunes does not
start after booting up.
Many thanks Adrian

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