Songs automatically delete

Is there a way to set the itunes to NOT delete my songs from the Ipod Shuffle if i have removed them from my library?
I spent about 3 hours loading in songs to my shuffle.
I then deleted those songs from my library.
The next time i plugged in my ipod shuffle to charge, it automatically deleted all of my songs... now i have to go back and load all the songs again??
what a waste of 3 hours!!

Hi Keith,
It's important to understand that the Shuffle is very different in one important ways from all other iPods. All other iPods have the "manual management mode" where you can do what Jeff describes, ie disabling "auto-syncing" and allowing you to add songs from lots of different iTunes Libraries, or deleting songs from your computer but leaving them on the iPod. But NOT the Shuffle.
When you plug the iPod Shuffle into a computer it checks to see if the songs on the shuffle are on in iTunes (there's no way to stop this). If there are songs on the shuffle not in iTunes then iTunes shows a message saying do you want to mount the shuffle and delete the songs and replace them songs from this iTunes Library (this message appears if you plug it into a different computer, it may not appear in your case because you're plugging it into the same computer).
Basically the Shuffle is the least expensive iPod and therefore has the most limited feature set.
The only work around this situation is not to delete songs from your computer or to buy another type of iPod which won't give you the same problems.
What I don't understand is why you delete the songs from your Library in the first place. Are you that cramped for space on your hardrive? Deleting files from your computer will not improve the performance of your computer unless you're really at the limit of the space on your drive.
Hope this helps!
Sara.

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