Can't copy mp3s from hard drive to iTunes like I used to

Hi all,
Using itunes before I was able to open my music folder, select the tracks I wanted to listen to and just drop them in itunes - like drag and drop. Now whenever I try to do it, the cursor turns into a cricle with a line through it.
The thing is, it only stated happening after I loaded songs onto my ipod. Any clues? Thanks.

No, I'm just dragging them from the music folder to the iTunes player. I was doing this before without a problem and now it just doesn't work. I was using 7.1 before and thought maybe if I updated to 7.2 it would work again - but no such luck.
I didn't want to import the files, because the drag and drop method is faster and convenient (for me anyways). I also dragged and dropped my music files from the music folder to the iPod... it doesn't allow me to do this either. Thanks for the help!

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