Don't havre permissions to copy to ipod with Vista

I have a new pc with Vista. Have 90 songs in the library, but only about 27 will sync to ipod nano. All songs used to be there, but some were lost and now can't sync even after a restore and reinstall of iTunes. Error message "Attempting to copy to the disk 'XXXXXXX' failed, you don't have enough access privelages for this operation." I am an administrator on the PC. Files were copied from old XP (no problems) to a new Vista pc via laplink and they were all there at first, then some were gone. Most of the songs not syncing are from CD's that were put into the library. Please HELP!!!

I don't know why this works, but it does. Move your entire music folder to another location. I moved my entire folder into "my Documents". Then go into itunes,preferences, and under advanced, change your music file location to where it is.ex c:/name/my documents/music/music. You will now be able to sych after you apply, exit and restart.
One other thing, when you reopen your itunes, you may get a ! next to some of the songs. Just click on the song as if to play, and follow along,

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