Music wiped out w/ iTunes download

Am I the only person whose music from my own CDs is wiped out when I download the latest version of iTunes? This is the 2nd time this has happened. It only retains what I've purchased from the iTunes store.

That is unusual and should not be happening. Did you backup your songs via TimeMachine or some other method prior to updating?

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You can, but only the purchases that were made from the iTunes Store. Other content that was imported from a CD or other sources will not transfer over.
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1848
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MUSIC WIPED OUT! HELP!

#1: I loaded 2400 songs on my IPOD and it jams up the whole IPOD....like it uses the whole 60Gigs....I thought this friggin thing was supposed to hold 15000 songs!!!!
#2: After I loaded my music onto the IPOD...I cleared my library in ITUNES....like..duh...don't want that jamming up my whole friggin hard drive!
#3: Next time I connected my IPOD...NOW READ CAREFULLY...I have it set to MANUAL UPDATE ONLY. So it should not be doing a **** thing with my IPOD when I connect it again...BUT IT DOES ANYWAY....and WHAM...it clears out my IPOD....I have no music on it...
So...is this for real? I mean..****...I like my Creative labs 40G better....I can load MORE music on it (same 2400 songs only take up about 10G on it)...I dont' lose my music every time I hook it up to it's program that has nothing in the library. I can move individual songs OFF my IPOD...can't with this...it's either an all or nothing piece of crud!
Help....am I crazy or does this thing suck?

"#1: I loaded 2400 songs on my IPOD and it jams up the whole IPOD....like it uses the whole 60Gigs....I thought this friggin thing was supposed to hold 15000 songs!!!!"
That would depend on what your friggin import settings are. You're appear to be importing your music at a high bitrate. This makes larger friggin files.
"#2: After I loaded my music onto the IPOD...I cleared my library in ITUNES....like..duh...don't want that jamming up my whole friggin hard drive!"
You really should keep your frigging files backed up somewhere.
"#3: Next time I connected my IPOD...NOW READ CAREFULLY...I have it set to MANUAL UPDATE ONLY. So it should not be doing a ** thing with my IPOD when I connect it again...BUT IT DOES ANYWAY....and WHAM...it clears out my IPOD....I have no music on it..."
Then you're not on manual transfer. Otherwise it wouldn't do this. Check this link;
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61148
"So...is this for real? I mean..**...I like my Creative labs 40G better....I can load MORE music on it (same 2400 songs only take up about 10G on it)...I dont' lose my music every time I hook it up to it's program that has nothing in the library. I can move individual songs OFF my IPOD...can't with this...it's either an all or nothing piece of crud!
Help....am I crazy or does this thing suck?"
Are you crazy? That's not really up to me to decide, but if you set the import and transfer settings up properly, I think you'll be very happy with the iPod. I know I am.
Cheers!
-Bryan

Music wiped out w/ iTunes download

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