Songs fail to transfer to Ipod, what am I doing wrong

Ok I got the 30GB ipod video for xmas and installed it at my computer at home. Being that there were no mp3's on my computer at home I uploaded 20 or so albulms by simply puting in the disk,uploading it, then while in itunes click the update my ipod after it finished being ripped. I get back at college and install itunes and it automatically uploaded the "my music" folder from my computer and shows all the songs in the folder. When i plug the ipod in, it says this ipod is linked to another library, would you like to change the link to this library and replace all files and playlists with the ones on this computer. I DO want to change the link so that its connected with this library, but I DO NOT want it to replace all the files I already have on there. Because I always select NO for the answer, it wont allow me to add any songs to my IPOD...can anybody help me out?

Read this how to: "Managing Your Songs Manually" http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/tutorial/ipgettingstartedt3.html Useful if you want to use your iPod on multiple computers.

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