I cant drag music from a folder into my itunes. What do i do?

i am using itunes 10.5 and now i cant drag my music into my itunes music section. i have been doing this for years and now it just suddenly stopped

Get a CD/DVD drive.
-> http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD564ZM/A/apple-usb-superdrive

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  • Moving music from my ipod into my itunes library

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