Can't drag songs onto iPod in iTunes

I recently sent my corrupted iPod to Apple to be serviced. It got sent back and something was wrong with the hard drive in my computer I guess. Now I set up my iPod with my computer again but I can't put song on it. I drag the songs over to the iPod in the device list, but they stay gray with the circle and slash through it. I have no idea what's wrong and I would appreciate it if someone could help.

Grey text when you look at the content and lock symbol at the bottom of the screen simply shows that your iPod is set to automatically update. If you want to access your iPod directly, drag songs to it, play it through your iTunes, connect it to a second computer etc. you just need to change the update method to "Manually manage songs and videos" in the iPod Summary tab and click Apply. The text will change from grey to dark and the padlock will disappear: Managing content manually on iPod
Remember that if you switch to manually updating that the iPod also has to be manually ejected before the "Do Not Disconnect" message will go away. Safely disconnect iPod

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