Cant put songs on ipod

*+i have an ipod mini and cant find the original set up cd that came with it if a cd came with it. our computer has recently been updated and when we got our computer back i lost my ipod file. my mum loaded a a newer version of itunes on our computer and we can work out how to put song on itunes but once they have been loaded on itunes we cant work out how to get the songs onto the ipod. we have tried all the obvious options and they dont seem to be working. are we doing something wrong if anyone has any tips or knows how to get the songs from itunes onto the ipod can you please help?+*

Welcome to discussions, Andrew! This link from Scott Patrie should help you out.
Scott Patrie, "iTunes won't transfer purchased music to iPod", 07:24pm Oct 7, 2004 CDT

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This document describes the ways to put music on a shuffle (and also shows the four shuffle models)
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Hi Rokchick182,
Welcome to Apple Discussions
Does the music play in iTunes? Are they ripped CDs? Do you know the format of the songs? You might want to look at Knowledge Base Document #93453 which covers Can't Import or Play Music from CD in iTunes for Windows. Try "enabling disk use" (more information in Knowledge Base Document #61131 about Using Your iPod as a Hard Disk).
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Then go to file/add folder, open 'my computer', select your iPod and click 'ok'.
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Much easier ways are to use one of the many 3rd party programs that copy music from the iPod to the computer.
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Another free program is Pod Player.
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