Ipod sync quits after 9 songs

I'm trying to sync my iPod touch with my iTunes library on my PC.  I have previously done this successfully many times.  The sync quits after about 9 songs are transferred.  I imported several CDs and they show up with the red square inside the red circle.  I've read forums on this issue which suggest a couple things 1)  from the PC in iTunes, go to Files>Devices>Transfer Purchases.  or 2) removing all music from the iPod & then resyncing it & adding all the music back in.  I'dc like to avoid this if there's a simpler solution.  Also wondering why my sync keeps cancelling after about 9 or 10 songs are trasnferred.  Any ideas?

Thanks.  I had read this and numerous related posts.  None of them worked for me.  What I ended up doing was unchecking all my music in my iTunes library on my PC (Windows), then doing a sync which removed all the music from my iPod. 
I then rebooted PC and iPod (don't know if this was really necessary), went back into iTunes, checked the button to resync my entire music library.  Everything was restored & now works fine.  All the previously red circled songs (meaning they didn't sync) that started me on this quest are now playable on my iPod. 
Weird behavior.  It sounds like many people have had variations of this problem.  Prior to my running into this issue, I could import CDs & other music & sync worked just fine.  I'd prefer not to see this happen again. 

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