newbie ipod owner question

[deantown]

hi guys
i have been given an external memory with some albums on it . i thought i had loaded it on to itunes as i can see the names of the tracks etc and it tells me at the bottom how many songs and time i have but it has not gone on to my ipod . when i highlight a track this message appears - the song -------- could not be used because the original file could not be found. would you like to locate it. please can anyone help this is driving me nuts

[Alun]

could it be that you loaded it into itunes but left it on the stick??

Or did you copy them across first?

[deantown]

i used the add file on itunes which added all the titles and album covers but it did not add the music to my ipod . i then went in to my music and clicked on 'h' drive and opened up an album and highlighted 1 track and that one went on my ipod ,but i dont know how. is there a way to get all the tracks on the ipod in one go ?

[gilford]

Put them into your my music folder (or desktop) first, I have heard a lot of issues about just adding stuff off RHDD or sticks

[deantown]

thanks gilford i did what you said and put it into my music and it worked a treat . i wish i had asked the question earlier, it would have saved me hours of trial and error . anyway thanks again i appreciate your advice