ITunes is automatically deleting my iPod-created playlists

Everytime I plug in my iPod to iTunes, it deletes the playlists that I created on my iPod. It's really starting to bug me... Does anyone know if there's some "save playlists" setting or something that can help? Thanks
Ridley

not sure what all has happened but if you hold the shift and ctrl keys down at the same time before and during plugging in of your ipod and continue holding while using your mouse to go to edit-prefer-ipod then check the manual update box. Ive only done this once so not sure when you can let go of shift and ctrl keys thats why i say to keep holding until you check the manual box and then click ok it does work.

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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1948165&#1948165
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Hi murr18140,
Welcome to the Support Communities! The article below will help you troubleshoot the issue you are having with your iPod classic not being recognized in iTunes for Windows:
iPod: Appears in Windows but not in iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1363?viewlocale=en_US
I hope this information helps ....
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As a side note, there are way too many people on this forum that don't keep their library on their computer (25 Gigs doesn't take up that much room) or at least store it on an external hard drive (they're cheap). Too many things can happen to your iPod such as; theft, damage, malfunction, or your experience that not keeping a back-up copy is risking losing a "library that took years to collect and organize". I know that I have all the CDs that make up my 31,000 song library that are all on my iPod Classic but I still keep them on my computer AND my backup hard drive. I know if I lost my iPod I really wouldn't want to rip all those CDs again, not to mention hunting down missing artwork.
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Seems like you've got auto sync with your iPod and it is looking for a specifically named playlist.
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Well, I guess a good parallel would be Tivo! Do any of you have tivo!?!?
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Bonjour - Started & Automatic
iPod Service - Started & Manual
I thought that a 4th service existed, but can't find it...
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