My library keeps disappearing from view when I open itunes

I recently bought a laptop and have transferred all my music from my old PC computer to my laptop. I have noticed that when I open itunes from time to time my library has disappeared from view. It's annoying as I have to keep bringing my library back in from my music folder, importing my playlists and then the podcasts have to be resubscribed. It also means I keep losing my play counts and history. It has happened about 4-5 times now. Then when I restore the library and I link my classic ipod to sync all the content has to be reloaded, which all takes time. Is there something silly that I have not done. I have been searching to see where I am going wrong and now about to lose the plot alltogether! My laptop is using Windows Vista, my PC was Windows XP. Any help much appreciated. I'm sure it's something simple!

Hello Goldie24,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
I don't have any direct answers for you when it comes to this issue, but I can point you somewhere where others might. Check out this older thread. It may end up leading you to another older thread, but it should lead you to the solution needed for this issue.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9345281
Hope this helps.
B-rock

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