Itunes will not allow me to transfer music to my iphone, how do I fix this?

Got a new computer, authorized it with my account, downloaded music (from a 3rd party website not itunes), but it will not allow me to transfer music to my iphone. What else do I need to do? Help!

What have you tried?
What happened?
Error message?
What did it say?
Any info at all?
In what format is the music?

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Hello,
Since I got my iPhone 4S in March, I have been manually adding music to my phone by connecting the phone, and dragging music to my phone. Recently, I had to reformat my PC and when I reinstalled iTunes, I try to click and drag music but it gives me the small red x while i hover over the iphone in the itunes window.
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Using iPhone, iPad, or iPod with multiple computers
iPod shuffle and iPhone are intended for use with a single computer. You cannot load music from multiple computers or iTunes libraries onto iPod shuffle and iPhone like you can with other devices.
Sync is only oneway, from PC to your device. Unless you have the music on your PC, iTunes is going to wipe out what you have on your device if you are syncing to a new library.
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iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848
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http://download.cnet.com/SharePod/3000-2141_4-10794489.html?tag=mncol;2

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I have a new laptop.
I have music on my laptop that I have not purchased through iTunes (ie, uploaded CD's, copied to my laptop from my old computer, etc).
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1420
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