Itunes Library Will Not Organize

Hi All,
I'm a bit of a neat freak when it comes to organizing my itunes library. Usually I have no problems because I am content with how itunes keeps my library organized. However, I have noticed in the last few months that my library will not stay organized even though the preferences are set for it to do so. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
THX.

I seem to be having the same problem. Recently ripped my entire CD collection, and somewhere along the way, all the files started getting dumped into 'Unknown Artist\Unknown Album\' even though the album and artist information is displayed properly within iTunes.
Anybody make a suggestion?
-Trev

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