Can't get songs on to ipod

I have a lot of songs on the ipod. Today I went to put more on. I am not good with computers so please be simple with your answers. I plugged in the ipod and it did not put on to it my new songs. Why? I figured I would go to the ipod updater and see if I needed some new software or something to help me. I got this message, like from a Microsoft error message: ipod Universal Updater has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvienience." It then asks me if I would like to send an error message to Microsoft. What is wrong????
Stan

You need a computer (Mac or Windows PC) running iTunes to sync songs to an iPod (that is not an iPod touch).

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like you can on ipods?
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like you can on ipods?
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