Originally Posted by john_hunter:
“Hi kinda relates to a question, if i've got say 20 albums on my ipod classic 80GB and i delete 10 of them off my laptop HDD would they autmatically get deleted off my IPOD when i connect to my laptop?”
If you have iTunes to Autosync your iPod with your library then yes it will remove them from your iPod.
To stop auto syncing click your iPod on the Devices list on left of iTunes to bring up summary screen which shows a picture of your iPod and click 'Manually manage music and videos'.