ITunes won't let me drag and drop files onto my iPod.

i recently had my mac repaired and the hard drive was set back to its original settings. I had my itunes music that i had purchased restored and i have begun to download new songs to add to my ipod. itunes will not allow me drag new songs onto my ipod...can some one tell me what I am doing wrong?

Have you selected Manually Manage Music?
http://support.apple.com/manuals/#ipod

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