Manually Updating Library Help

Hi. I just figured out how to update my ipod from my iTunes manually by the preferences option. But after that- when I plug my ipod to my computer by the USB cable, my ipod won't show up in the iTunes Sources. Can someone please tell me how to manually update my library to my ipod from there? Thanks.

Sorry, a patch driver?
And yes, I'm using a Windows XP.
The problem is that my ipod will not show up in itunes at all after I put on the manual update option. After that, I can update it from the file bar or even change it back from the preferences. So I'm stuck...

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If you are using your iPod in manual mode you can delete them if you wish. One major word of caution though. If you delete songs from your PC and have no back up other than the iPod you will risk losing them permanently if your iPod fails or you find you have to restore it to solve a problem. You should consider investing in an additional internal or external hard drive to store/back up your music. External drives are quite cheap these days and you can get loads of storage for quite a small outlay. Alternatively at the very least back up songs you can't replace such as iTunes downloads to CD or DVD. Forum member Buegie has compiled a very extensive procedure for backing up your music which you'll find at this link: Backing up iTunes
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Hi
I am using iTunes 7 and i'm trying to delete some songs just from my iPod and i have always used the manual update option.
The problem is when i go into the songs on my iPod and go into a playlist and try to delete the songs within a playlist it won't let me. BUT when i search for those same songs within my iPod library (library shows all songs on the iPod) i can delete them.
So my problem is i cannot delete songs within playlists just from my iPod. I know that deleting the playlist on the left hand side navigation bar will still keep the songs there, it will only delete the actual playlist.
Also when i select a song(s) the edit menu is all greyed out except for copy.
Can anyone help please.
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In iTunes, if I drag a recently updated Playlist to my iPod, I get dupes in the Pod's Library of the tunes that previously lived in the Playlist.
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