Want To Keep Song Ratings After Sync

I performed a format and fresh install of everything on my PC; this included adding all my original music back into my iTunes library. Of course, iTunes still wants to sync but this requires the songs on my iPod to be deleted. That's fine but I have spent a lot of time giving my songs ratings and would like to keep those ratings. Does anyone know how I can keep the song ratings and work around this situation?

You're right, you can't get it off your iPod. You need the itunes library database file from your old PC.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1660
The ITL file is the important one that holds all the metadata.

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The title of this post is a bit of a simplification of various problems I seem to be having with iTunes. The story is as follows:
1 I run ivolume periodically to equalise sound levels. However the last time I ran it it quit unexpectedly and I subsequently found that a song file wouldn't play. After I deleted this file then the next one in the library wouldn't play.
2 After repeating this process a few times, I decided instead to delete my entire iTunes library, wipe the disk partition it sits on completely clean and restore a fresh iTunes music folder from a backup
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5 I was about to restore my library from backup again but upgraded to iTunes 7.3 first. This had the effect of restoring all my songs back into my library (presumably because the new software reorganised or replaced the library file?)
So now everything is back to normal except that, after a fresh back up, my backup programme reported that the DS store file for some of my songs couldn't be backed up due to errors.
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It sounds like you the MacBook Air was not your syncing computer. You can only sync with one iTunes library/computer but you can manage music and videos manually among different computers/libraries.To do that
go to iTunes>Help>iTunes Help>Sync your iPod....>Sync You Device>Set up Syncing>Sync your device manually and follow the instructions.

TS1314 I have lots of organized photos on my PC and I want to keep them organized to sync to ipad.... how is the best way to do this?

I have spent a lot of time saving, organizing and arranging photos (for the last 7 years) on my PC, and would like to know the best way to transfer these, AND MAINTAIN THE ORGANIZATION OF THE FOLDERS, to my new ipad (and later, my iphone). I have a really good system, and I do not want to have to do it all over again, on the ipad. I DO NOT want to subscribe to another monthly service fee (i.e. the iCloud) but DO have iTunes on my PC.
What is the simplest method to do this ? I have tried synching, but, each time have lost photos (on my ipad) OR have had NO ORGANIZATION AT ALL to the photos once synced. I have all these photos (5.6gb) in the My Pictures folder, then subdivided into years, then subdivided into events and months within the years. So, my transfer of the My Picures folder, completely transfers all of them, but with NO further organization. Again, I have spent years doing this, and don't want to have to re-invent the wheel.
Can someone advise (or even better, lead me to a youtube video) that accurately shows the best way to do this ?
Thank you, in advance, for your help.
p.s. I particularly enjoy Dan Nations very informative articles on how to get the best from my products. And, wish Apple would explain "how it works" regarding the syncing methods on the Operating System. It is the only thing I "don't get" about using my iPad..... meanwhile I LOVE my new mini ! ! ! ! ! ! ! thanks Apple, for keeping things simple.... Please don't change that !

Correct, it will only be one-level, the Photos app doesn't support sub-albums - the sub-folders photos will be included in the parent's album.
If you select My Pictures at the top of the Photos tab when syncing, then you should get an album for each folder that is directly under it - so if I understand correctly what you described then that would mean an album for 2013, one for 2012 etc. And each of those should include all the photos in the subfolders under it - so 2013 would include the photos from the events and months subfolders under it.
You can't sync them separately, only the contents of the last sync remains on the iPad, by not including a folder in the next photo sync you are effectively telling iTunes that you no longer want that folder/album on the iPad so it will be removed and be replaced by the contents of the new sync (you can't delete synced photos directly on the iPad, instead they are deleted by not including them in the next sync).
The app that I use, Photo Manager Pro, allows you to select and copy a folder (via FTP), but you would need to select each subfolder individually, which if you have a lot would be time-consuming (I think that if you select '2013' it would ignore the folders beneath it).

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For more info, [see Ken Stone's Tutorial here|http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/imovie_09stone.html#music%20sound%20effects]

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I accidentally deleted hundreds of songs from iTunes. I dragged tham back into iTunes from the Trash but I lost all the ratings and playcounts. I have Time Machine back-up. What files do I restore to restore my ratings? I do have some new content since this happened (mostly podcasts). I'm terrified of causing more damage by trying to fix this. Any advice?

The key to getting your ratings and other playlist-related data back is to have a back-up copy of the iTunes Library files.
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Last night I connected my iPod to my PC to allow my iPod to sync. Since it takes forever, I went to bed before it was done. This morning, the iPod backlight was still on and displaying the syncing screen.
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You will have to Eject the iPod when you are thru.

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If you are syncing automatically, resync content to the iPod by unchecking "Sync Music" and clicking "Apply," then checking "Sync Music" and clicking "Apply" again.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12313
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