Can't make a playlist

Every time I try to drag a song from my library to a new playlist, the song is blocked by a black circle with a line through it. Does anyone know what I could possibly be doing wrong.
I had the account on another PC (and never had his problem before)and switched everything over to a laptop. I copied the music over on a DVD. Could this be the issue?

"...then they are problably all set to read-only and that maybe blocking them from being moved."
That shouldn't be the case, iTunes doesn't even touch the actual file, when you put a track into a playlist. The iTunes Library simply consits of links to the song files.
A: I'd rather go with Katrina and smidge. Also, make sure you are not trying to add tracks to a folder, which also won't be possible.
Or, maybe iTunes has lost the connection to your music files. Check if there is a small exclamation mark next to some of those songs, or look at the "Location" Info in the "Get Info" window.
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You can also uncheck the songs you don't want on the iPod (uncheck them in the iTunes library). Then go into the iPod Music Preferences (see above) and then check "Only Update Checked Songs" and click OK. You won't need a playlist.
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You can also set the iPod to manually update, so you just choose the songs and playlists you want on the iPod...
Managing Your Songs Manually
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