Imported songs but won't  play on Itunes

Hi all. I recently bought a new Ipod and imported songs from it to my Itunes. As soon as I had imported them there is an exclamation mark next to each song. When I try to play it Itunes says that the song cannot be found. Anyone know why?
There on my Ipod and working but none work when imported.
If it makes a difference I imported by adding folder to library.
Thanks.
Scott

Are you saying you have music on an external drive and it won't play if the drive is not plugged in?
You are not very clear with your question, but I wonder if you tried to add them to your library on your internal drive. If so take a look at:
Edit>Preferences>Advanced>General
Is "Copy files to Itunes Music folder when adding to library" checked? If not the songs would be left on the external drive.
If this is the case, you could plug in your external drive and then consolidate your library. This will copy ALL files not in your iTunes Music folder into the iTunes Music folder.
If you intentionally keep some of your music outside the iTunes Music folder you may want to think about the implications before using Consolidate.

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