My iTunes has about 3000 tracks but not all of it will sync onto my iPod

i recently purchased an 80GB iPod shuffle which can also play videos and movies. i bought it recently, but i'm haveing a hard time getting used to iTunes and all this apple, mac business.
i have windows XP professional, i made sure i put all the music i had on my pc and put it onto my iTunes library, now i have a lot more music to put onto my ipod from cds etc but i can't even get all my music from my itunes to download onto my iPod first!
they're all in mp3 format, and when i go to "sync music" instead of syncing all of my 3000 tracks its only syncing like 1700 or so!
also, if i already have music on my ipod, but i just want to add say an extra one or two songs onto my ipod, i tried just adding those tracks, but then all my older songs already on the ipod god deleted!
does that mean i have to download all my music from the itunes ALL OVER AGAIN?
if so, i don't think i like this ipod / itunes business, i may even have to return it. this is just ridiculous, i never had this problem with my smaller mp3 players. the whole reason i bought the iPod was because it can store alot of music, 80gb and it only cost me around £140. its new, not second hand or anything.
help!

Hello, and Welcome to Apple Discussions,
first of all, I don't think you have a shuffle, as they come up to 4 GB.
Syncing is a concept that some users have a hard time adjusting to - it means synchronizing the content of the iPod to your PC.
When you tell iPod to sync only two songs, it does exactly that; you may want to set up playlists in iTunes that contain what you want on your iPod and sync those automatically.
Another option would be to Manually Manage your iPod, in which case you can just drag and drop songs on it like you would with any other MP3 Player, however, you lose the convenience of syncing.
Hope this solves your problem, cheers.

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